Example sentences of "leave she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mr. Preston , if I may say so that was pretty cold blooded of you to leave her lying on the floor until I came in . ’
2 I must have just left her standing on the steps .
3 A woman in the audience/church left in the middle of the performance/wedding and as she left she trod on the foot of the man at the end of the row .
4 He left her propped against the Aga .
5 ‘ I do n't want to ask you anything more now , Mrs Hatton , ’ he said to the widow as he left her weeping among the dead man 's ill-gotten glories .
6 He left her to go to the kitchen , began to run the tap , then heard her rise , to dash from the parlour — not , he hoped , to leave the house ; but , going after her , he saw her mounting the stairs to her room , to be away from him , simply because he was , for the moment at least , no longer Dr Neil , but only another member of the sex which had betrayed her .
7 When the 30-year-old man caught the girl climbing while wearing a coat , he left her hanging in the garment from a peg .
8 She collapsed , they turned her out of the house , and literally left her to die on the pavement outside .
9 So I just left her getting on the bus .
10 They left her bleeding on the ground and threatened to carry out further attacks if she went to the police . ’
11 The man calmly walked all over the child 's body with his heavy boots , and left her screaming on the ground .
12 Then he nodded , almost curtly , wheeled and left her standing in the bathroom all alone .
13 He left her standing by the bank of lockers , and headed back toward the door .
14 ‘ I 'm going for a walk , ’ Roman said abruptly as they left the dining-room , and without waiting for a reply he left her standing by the lifts .
15 When she gave him the number he just rang off and left her staring at the phone .
16 They tied her up and left her lying on the lounge floor .
17 He slid off the couch , put on his sock and shoe carefully and limped out , leaving her slumped against the couch in despair .
18 He went quickly into the drawing-room , leaving her to return to the hot flurry of the kitchen .
19 ‘ Beautiful , ’ he murmured absently , and walked away , leaving her riveted to the spot , astonished .
20 Three youths scrambled out of the car and ran off , leaving her dying in the road .
21 Roots had split the ground in places , and the thickest of these jarred the Toyota so hard that Diane had an uneasy vision of the entire truck falling apart as every spot-weld gave at once , leaving her sitting in the driver 's seat with the steering wheel in her hands and nothing but open air all around .
22 Hope asked his question silently , merely an abstract , puzzled look , leaving her to wade through the potential embarrassment .
23 But he was gone , leaving her talking to the air .
24 When she was twenty-two her mother died , leaving her to look after the family , including an invalid father .
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