Example sentences of "they [verb] leave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 2 | All of them died leaving a minor to succeed . |
| 3 | Shortly after Yeltsin 's resignation Vyacheslav Shostakovsky read an announcement on behalf of a group of prominent Democratic Platform members to the effect that they planned to leave the CPSU in order to found their own party ; apparently this action had been triggered by the retention in the new party rules , approval on July 12 , of democratic centralism and a ban on factions . |
| 4 | They lived with Dmitry 's grandmother until Dmitry was nine and they applied to leave when Dmitry was about 16 . |
| 5 | the date on which they intend to leave and their next destination . |
| 6 | And the council 's housing department is asking tenants thinking of moving on to help them make the most of the housing stock by giving early notice when they intend to leave . |
| 7 | And the council 's housing department is asking tenants thinking of ‘ moving-on ’ to help them make by giving early notice of when they intend to leave . |
| 8 | The failure to come to terms with this task casts light on , though it does not excuse , the hectic character of the final part of Braudel 's Méditerranée : even when connections are traced between conjonctures and the actions of individuals , they tend to leave the actions heavily under-determined — so much so , in some cases , that they are barely explained at all . |
| 9 | Not only are British managers outstandingly good at adapting to foreign countries , but they tend to leave an equally indelible imprint when they have gone . |
| 10 | The result is that although prosecutors may direct investigations , they tend to leave matters to the police . |
| 11 | Deep wounds must be stitched together to help the healing process and they tend to leave scars . |
| 12 | It will oblige them to make long drives across the desert to Egypt or Tunisia when they want to leave the country . |
| 13 | And because they want to leave their mark FULL STOP . |
| 14 | They are checking on the legacy they want to leave behind them . |
| 15 | This was enough to make many come , and among them they brought before me many women who pretended to be possessed ( as is their habit when they want to leave their houses to meet with their lovers ) and it was hoped that I could deal with them . |
| 16 | We 've had a few people coming on and saying they want it to stay there or they want to leave it there but it 's the trees that 's really annoying people . |
| 17 | Next day , Margaret went down to Midhurst to inform Miss Scrimgeour that they proposed to leave the country . |
| 18 | As they rose to leave , Dexter wondered why . |
| 19 | He would certainly notice if they tried to leave signs for Fenella and Caspar to follow . |
| 20 | But when they tried to leave Nepal , officials discovered they were travelling on fake visas , bought in good faith . |
| 21 | As they prepared to leave and resume their homeward journey , Jack decided to take a last look around the parcels office . |
| 22 | ‘ Enjoy yourselves , my dears , ’ she said as they prepared to leave . |
| 23 | Sally-Anne 's name floated across to them as they prepared to leave . |
| 24 | They 'd left it too late , poor sods . |
| 25 | They reached the gate in even quicker time than they 'd left it . |
| 26 | It suddenly came to her … the hidden meaning in her thought when they 'd left Forster taking up his position in ambush . |
| 27 | Waking the next morning , she was outraged that they 'd left her to sleep . |
| 28 | The land around them did n't seem a lot different to the place they 'd left , except that the vegetation was lower and Masklin could n't see any water . |
| 29 | Incredibly , ten minutes after they 'd left , we found the naughty little locking device and so , dear reader , for those that have failed to pass the Vibes club criteria test in the past , here it is , the competition eve YOU can not lose ! |
| 30 | They 'd left early this morning . |