Sentence examples for had technically left from inspiring English sources

He had technically left the police service after retiring as chief constable of Merseyside, so before he could take up the deputy commissioner post, he had to be sworn in as a warranted police constable.

It's not really in the spirit of the question but Zinedine Zidane in 2006, Jürgen Klinsmann in 1998 and Michael Laudrup in the same year were to retire after the tournament and had technically left their respective clubs, Fred Sullivan, Stephen Savva and Benjamin Bilde Boelsmand point out.

Membership of the Swedish Academy is intended to be for life, so no one has technically left it before.

The 22-year-old has technically left Ewood Park but Kean told BBC Radio Lancashire that he could return.

Although Voyager has technically left the solar system, it still makes sense to describe its location with respect to the Sun.

This includes Matt Cutts, head of the webspam team at Google (see below) who has not technically left, but has deactivated his Facebook account.

Boyce confirmed he had "technically been made redundant", but would not necessarily be leaving the club.

He has technically been on medical leave since January — his third such leave.

Though many loyalists technically left by choice, freedom meant little if your property had been confiscated or your person threatened.

Officials point out that prosecutorial discretion, if it is exercised, will still leave an immigrant who has technically violated the 1996 act in a vulnerable position.

This maneuver technically left Yugoslavia without a head of state and without a commander-in-chief.