Example sentences of "was left a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was left a large legacy by an ex-employer . |
| 2 | In the course of time Aunt Nessy , having looked after her adoptive parents until they died , was left a small sum of money . |
| 3 | Out of thirty thousand inhabitants , only about five thousand survived and the city was left a burning wreck . |
| 4 | Mrs Boesky , who was left a fortune by her father Ben Silverstein , who owned a string of properties including Hollywood 's Beverly Hills Hotel , has also been seeking the repossession of her husband 's property in Honolulu . |
| 5 | Still , we do not come close to one local village which was left a field , the rents from which for centuries provided the poor with half-a-dozen sacks of coal ; but then the village sold its field to a property developer . |
| 6 | It was an enormous humiliation and Galileo was left a broken man , almost mentally deranged by the months of pressure . |
| 7 | As for Selene , she was left a hundred pounds a year so long as she continued under her sister 's direction . |
| 8 | I have been told by an old Rochdale colleague of hers that she may have married a doctor and that he thinks she was left a cottage in Tonypandy some time in the mid to late 1960s . |
| 9 | He was left a happier man , while Maureen was even more pleased ! |
| 10 | My mother was left a sufficient income . |
| 11 | By this time he was well associated with Kent and on the death of his father he was left a considerable estate in Westcomb near Greenwich . |
| 12 | Delhi , the great capital , was left a city of gutted ruins . |
| 13 | I was left a little uninspired with his overall display although his flicks were magical . |
| 14 | William was left a red chest of Flanders by his grandmother who was called Alice in fourteen twenty nine . |
| 15 | The trustees of a charity which was left a manor house in the will of a wealthy widow have defended their decision to sell it . |
| 16 | The former Suite Centre in Sussex Street , Middlesbrough , was left a death-trap after a fierce blaze early yesterday . |