Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] he left the " in BNC.

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1 Ken Wolstenholme was never really lost to football after he left the Beeb and he commentated for a time on ITV 's Tyne Tees station and recently worked for Tottenham 's Clubcall line .
2 For that reason , by some arguments , he owed a continuing obligation of loyalty to the sovereign after he left the shores of England .
3 Connon had enough of himself left to give Jenny a sardonically accusing glance as he left the room with the doctor .
4 ‘ We 're done , ’ Thomas exclaimed in disgust as he left the Cabinet room .
5 Constable Campbell , lately arrived from Keppoch near Oban , and youngest of the ‘ B ’ Division force , was already running over the evening 's instructions in his mind when he left the temporary barracks , a Methodist Chapel , and set out to patrol his beat .
6 JOHN Calton was a highly trained paratrooper who turned to a life of crime when he left the Army .
7 Jack played a few wartime matches in the London Combination for Palace at their new home at The Nest and then signed professional forms for the club when he left the Forces .
8 He told reporters the United States was still committed to getting enforcement of the no-fly zone but he left the impression US allies were still opposed .
9 Jay had told me a certain amount — about the offers of money if he left the deal clear for someone else .
10 Imre Nagy , the rebel premier , was assured of his safety if he left the Yugoslav embassy and was promptly seized and later executed .
11 BOURNEMOUTH gave Harry Redknapp a £100,000 golden handshake when he left the club because they thought he was quitting football , it was revealed yesterday .
12 He whooped for joy as he left the phone cubicle .
13 worked a day since he left the skill .
14 He said the request was drafted by Brigadier Edward de Fonblanque on the day after he left the area to return to England .
15 It looks as though Heseltine secured Walker 's appointment before he left the DoE , in order to have his own man in place .
16 Our then new young branch secretary came in to sort out our grievance before he left the yard , our grievance was sorted , and I was the new collection steward .
17 He summoned his courage and said so to the grim-faced man before he left the sick room .
18 Cleveland Police are appealing for witnesses who might have seen the man as he left the premises at about 8.50pm on Thursday night .
19 Dr Lyons said Moore should have been escorted the morning following the cemetery incident when he left the home of a colleague where he had spent the night .
20 The States-General might have reservations about presents to departing diplomats ; but none the less it gave " the usual respect " of 6,000 guilders to an English ambassador when he left The Hague in 1670 , with 600 more for his secretary .
21 Wycliffe lit his pipe as he left the house and walked slowly back towards the town .
22 As the final notes quivered into silence and he left the stage to tumultuous applause , she rose to her feet in spontaneous acclaim for his effort .
23 At Mr Ramirez 's request he also transmitted $60,000 from WedTech to a company controlled by the official after he left the government .
24 He was a Liberal Cabinet Minister until he left the Liberal party in 1886 ; he joined a Conservative Cabinet in 1895 .
25 At a personal level the visit had obviously been a great success , but Napoleon III came away without any specific extension of the Entente and he left the British Ministers unconvinced of his desire for peace and stability in Europe .
26 Speaking next , Medvedev 's report on his work as secretary for ideology was greeted with open hostility , and there were jeers and whistling as he left the podium .
27 Brother Cadfael waited his opportunity to draw close to the abbot 's shoulder as he left the choir .
28 The smell of sex rose in a gust as he left the bed .
29 A COMPUTER expert planted a ‘ logic bomb ’ programme in his employers ' system when he left the firm after a clash with the boss .
30 The home crowd was not pleased and hooligans ( described by French journalist Jacques Verdier as ‘ imbèciles ’ ) spat on the Scotsman as he left the field .
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