Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] leave with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The excitement of the adventure started to dissipate and I was left with the cold reality of knowing that I was on a train with hardly any money , no ticket and nowhere to go . |
| 2 | All the prize guys who were brilliant at football had disappeared and I was left with the swots . ’ |
| 3 | I ca n't say I felt any stronger when Beth left that day , but I was exceedingly glad that she had come and I was left with an inkling of hope . |
| 4 | ‘ I did the job for the Government and for Britain and I was left with a lot of disbenefits including holes in the fields and a concrete standing area for lorries which I do n't want , ’ he said . |
| 5 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |
| 6 | Anyway , they dismantled the bed and I was left with a strip blanket [ a sheet of heavy material designed to be almost impossible to tear ] and a mattress , one heavy black mattress . |
| 7 | Then I heard the Hispaniola hit the little boat , and I was left with no way to escape . |
| 8 | And then joined so he joined the army , and I was left with this bicycle , and a friend of mine said , How about coming with us on Sunday , you can skip chapel this Sunday , and we 'll go out er we 're going into Derbyshire , and I finished up on Ack 's Edge . |
| 9 | So much so that Jan got quite giggly and started swapping bargain stories with him , and I was left with Darren . |
| 10 | The book proved very popular but I was left with a nagging regret that my limitations with a camera had prevented me from portraying the district in colour . |
| 11 | ‘ I tried agonizingly to work out the details privately but I was left with no alternative . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The high priest got all the young good-looking ones while I was left with the old fat ones . ’ |
| 13 | But when Siegfried drove away , the activity stopped abruptly and as I was leaving with my pockets stuffed with the equipment for my round I glanced into the sitting room and saw the young man stretched in his favourite chair . |