Example sentences of "would be leave [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he 'd pinch my lines which , of course , I could n't repeat , so I 'd be left speechless . ’ |
| 2 | Then , paradoxically , the US-Soviet treaty of 1987 which removed intermediate nuclear weapons from Europe also led to renewed worries that Germany would be left undefended by America if war did break out . |
| 3 | The pier-end palmists and fake psychics , the spiritualists who wrote new concertos for dead composers , and sonnets for poets long since dust — all these would be left untouched . |
| 4 | Not all the land would be developed and certain areas contaminated by toxic waste would be left untouched . ’ |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Chris Patten , the Tory chairman who master-minded the campaign , would be left vulnerable to the Liberal Democrats , given the 7pc fall in Tory support in the South-West region . |
| 6 | They feared that if there was another depression the unions would be left defenceless if they abandoned traditional practices which preserved jobs in the short term . |
| 7 | It might at any moment be lifted away from me utterly and I would be left exposed . |
| 8 | She knew them all ; she was devastated for them and their families , who would be left husbandless and fatherless . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's all very well to plan for next year 's holiday or a new home but there 's litle point if your family would be left high and dry by the death of the breadwinner . ’ |
| 10 | Should the nobility refuse to cooperate , the monarchy would be left high and dry and the monarch himself would be unlikely to survive . |
| 11 | Now , nightly , when Leon had finished playing and had closed his door again , I would be left sleepless , confused by the force of my neglected senses . |
| 12 | Up to 40 per cent of British arable land would be left idle if the Gatt deal is agreed , the French claimed . |
| 13 | Without help , many elderly people would be left isolated . |
| 14 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 15 | So anything that a landlord or a rich peasant had owned in terms of industry or commerce would be left alone and i it would still be his . |
| 16 | In the following example , the first 2 line numbers would be renumbered correctly , but the last 2 would be left unchanged . |