Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] left " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she had made her way swiftly across the hotel lobby and out into the car park where she 'd left her little Mini . |
| 2 | ‘ Did n't you say she wants to take up where she 'd left off ? ’ |
| 3 | There , lying on the Woman 's chair , where she had left it , was her gun . |
| 4 | One autumn night , when Liz was preparing for Oxford and Cambridge entrance , Shirley had come home at ten from the Harpers ' , flushed from sexual excitement and from running through the cold streets under the yellowing smoke-scented suburban trees , her body on fire , and had found Liz still sitting where she had left her , two hours earlier , at the kitchen table , staring at the pale-green wall , as though in a catatonic trance . |
| 5 | But as it was no longer where she had left it , then it must have done , unless someone had shot into Rose Cottage and stolen it while Cassie had been sitting on the loo . |
| 6 | Her radio stood where she had left it , on the table . |
| 7 | Her sewing basket sat on the kitchen table where she had left it , after lunch . |
| 8 | On the punt cushions , Oliver sat where she had left him , in tears . |
| 9 | He did n't call her back , and when she turned he was sitting where she had left him , sprawled across the sofa surrounded by the solid things of his existence . |
| 10 | When she returned , though , he had n't disappeared — he was standing exactly where she had left him . |
| 11 | Her slender-heeled shoes stood where she had left them . |
| 12 | Miguel stood where she had left him , outlined against the star-studded sky , and there was something about the way he was standing that reminded her of someone else … |
| 13 | 1pm : Home to Mrs Fishfinger 's sumptuous lunch , not in the least spoiled by al fresco picnic off the Fishouse Floor where she 's left it . |
| 14 | But he avoided sitting on the sofa next to her although she 'd left space . |
| 15 | But tonight , although she had left it open on many other nights , it happened to be locked . |
| 16 | The old lady who lived here could n't do much work , so she 'd left the garden . |
| 17 | But she knew with bleak certainty that , once she 'd left it , she would never , ever come back . |
| 18 | Once she had left , I reached into my apron pocket for my packet of cigarettes . |
| 19 | Fritzi had been forbidden by Mrs Argles to reveal what had happened but , once she had left the family , she spoke : |
| 20 | For example , a receptionist at a solicitor 's office will no doubt meet clients but it would be most unusual for her to be in a position to take advantage of that connection to the detriment of her employer once she has left his employment . |
| 21 | Harry contemplated his highly polished shoes until she had left the room . |
| 22 | Jed waited until she 'd left and then he said , ‘ Not even her . ’ |
| 23 | If she 'd left that house three years ago it would n't have happened . |
| 24 | Mungo wondered if she had left unspoken the remainder of the sentence : ‘ … unlike you . ’ |
| 25 | She heard herself cry aloud , as if she had left her body , expelled by the spasm which shook it . |
| 26 | ‘ What if she had left ? ’ |
| 27 | Ilsa 's chair was at an angle as if she had left in a hurry . |
| 28 | She looked pale and tired ; there was nothing she could do about it , because she 'd left her handbag with her makeup behind on the bed . |
| 29 | On the tube home she felt like crying , not because she had left , but for Sharon and Maria , not to say Michael . |
| 30 | The second girl , Doreen Dacres , was like Carol Pearson , black-haired and aged twenty , and his interest was aroused because she had left her room in Finchley on May 15th to take a job in Eastbourne . |