One day, the tall lady leaves her purse in the shop.

Say you could leave your purse on a wall and come back a day later and find it.

She went into the living room where she'd left her purse.

She had been frantic not to leave her purse behind.

"You should never leave your purse in the car," she said.

It's not natural for a woman to walk away and leave her purse in someone's office.

I was glad I'd left my purse in the locked truck.

"Why would she have left her purse in the middle of her office floor?"

The woman had left her open purse on the front seat.

I led the way back along the shore to the place where I'd left her purse and clothes.