Example sentences of "[pos pn] left was the " in BNC.

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1 On their left was the old gate house guarding the main entrance to the Park from the road Many was the carriage and pair that had galloped through that archway .
2 To their left was the long forbidding wood with its tangle of trees and stubborn defenders .
3 The only house to his left was the old Victorian rectory , a square , red-brick building , incongruous behind its struggling hedge of rhododendron and laurel .
4 Joseph Hyde opened his eyes , blinking rapidly until he realized that the room was in darkness and the lighter grey square to his left was the window .
5 Next to the Rector was the Mayor of Brighton , on his left was the Chairman of the Conference , a party worthy who had been knighted for his pains .
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