Example sentences of "[vb past] leave at " in BNC.
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| 1 | To avoid climbing in the heat of noon we decided to leave at daybreak . |
| 2 | This meant many of the staff could be travelling for days on end , racing against deadlines , and , just when they were at their most exhausted , might receive a summons to fly to France the next day , which usually meant leaving at 5.30 am . |
| 3 | ‘ I was tired and I had to leave at approximately five — in about two hours . |
| 4 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We had to leave at speed because emotions were running so high . ’ |
| 5 | Each campesino had been given instructions to always have ready 20 extra tortillas in case we had to leave at a moment 's notice , but even so , it was very hard . |
| 6 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 7 | They had drunk pots of strong black coffee and he had to leave at 8 . |
| 8 | I can excuse him for yesterday as he had to leave at the start of the second half to appear on Question of Sport : - ) . |
| 9 | I used to do that when I was working and I had to leave at half four , used to do our kids , see when that clock gets to nine waken me I 'm fucking cold out our Ashley said mummy it 's after nine |
| 10 | The Carabinieri chief had left at once with a promise of finding the man within the hour , to which he added , sotto voce , a pledge to get the truth out of him by whatever methods might be necessary . |
| 11 | He had left at 5.30 and heard Philip Drew 's voice as he arrived at the theatre at 6.00 . |
| 12 | Uncle Mick had left at once with Carmella . |
| 13 | Eventually she took some goods her husband had left at her lodgings to the Police Station . |
| 14 | The stranding had left at least 28 pilot whales dead . |
| 15 | They arrived safely and were met by the royal purveyor from Kinghorn ( also called Alexander ) who had brought horses down to the beach for the royal party ; these included the King 's favourite , a white mare called Tamesin which he had left at Kinghorn for the Queen 's own use . |
| 16 | These rather gloomy thoughts were in our minds as we arrived , a bit soothed but still edgy , to find that the last ferry over the Rhone from Salin which would take us on to the road to Martigues had left at 11.30 and there would not be another until 2 o'clock . |
| 17 | He would have recognized the place if he had left at once and come back six months later . |
| 18 | He had left at 16 with two ‘ O ’ levels . |
| 19 | Eventually , Haverford was driven back in the Metro the Harrisons had left at Fosdyke 's disposal . |
| 20 | His wife in her innocence told us he had been down at the steamer when we landed and had slipped out of sight , and next morning he had left at six o'clock to go and visit a small island North of Jura where he had never been known to go before . " |
| 21 | It had left at any rate a forcible temporary effect upon his own more cautious but equally human complacency . |
| 22 | The restaurant manager told the police Linley had left at 3 p.m . |
| 23 | Tens of thousands of Albanians in at least 12 Kosovar towns were involved in daily clashes with riot police which by the end of the month reportedly had left at least 27 people dead . |
| 24 | Widespread protests across the country , and especially in the capital , Santa Domingo , had left at least 14 people dead , with dozens reported wounded and more than 1,000 protestors arrested . |
| 25 | Tension continued during April following anti-government riots in February , which had left at least 10 people dead , and a mid-March visit by the French Prime Minister , Michel Rocard , who was jeered at by crowds . |
| 26 | This compromise agreement came in the wake of general strikes in May and July which had left at least six dead and over 100 wounded during violent disturbances between FSLN and UNO supporters [ see pp. 37450 ; 37607 ] . |
| 27 | Mr Gossip jumped left at his fences which mystified Henderson , who said he has not done it before . |