11.   Before leaving one apartment Thursday morning, soldiers apologized in a note left in the paws of a teddy bear.

12.   A few days later, as my daughter was leaving the apartment, the two cats ran into the hall.

13.   A woman called because Sharpe would not leave her apartment.

14.   About half an hour later, the father left the apartment with the police and was clutching a charred photograph of a woman.

15.   Accustomed to attending concerts and browsing through museums, she found she could scarcely leave the apartment at all.

16.   After leaving the apartment, the missionaries were upbeat, as usual.

17.   After the dust settled, Hibler left the apartment and walked to the Hudson River, intending to hike out of the area, following the river.

18.   But by the next day, the caller had left the apartment.

19.   By early October, it is surprisingly hard to leave the apartment without grabbing a coat or a sweater, no matter what the thermometer says.

20.   City building and safety officials told them to leave their apartments when water streamed through the roof where it was damaged recently by a fallen tree.