Example sentences of "was leaving the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the light was leaving the day . |
| 2 | And when , ten minutes later , Alice was leaving the cathedral she had glimpsed him again . |
| 3 | Shortly after he spoke , the first of what could become a flood of disgruntled clergy announced he was leaving the Church of England . |
| 4 | But that day I was leaving the school gates with a group of boys when I saw Helen . |
| 5 | SPEAKING of his decision to step down as chairman , Sir Christopher told delegates that he was leaving the company in good hands . |
| 6 | Then in September , Sue announced that she was leaving the BBC after 20 years to join Granada Television which , she said , was fully prepared to give her the freedom necessary to put together the type of programme she truly wanted to make . |
| 7 | Byelarus introduced its own internal currency , the rubel , on May 25 , six days ahead of schedule ; the chair of the National Bank , Stanislav Bogdankevich , denied that Byelarus was leaving the rouble zone . |
| 8 | I was leaving the Commissioners out as far as I could . |
| 9 | If the ship was leaving the port the boatmen have got ta be there to let go of the ropes . |
| 10 | She entered the warmth of the hospice as Lady Percy was leaving the hall to go to her own apartment , attended by a single demure damosel . |
| 11 | ‘ But we did n't know she was leaving the child on her own , ’ cried Lily . |
| 12 | The main cause NiCad battery failure in my experience , was leaving the equipment on overnight . |
| 13 | She said goodbye to Maggie and then , just as she was leaving the kitchen , she looked directly at Phoebe and added , |
| 14 | I spoke to him like a mother but he was determined to put an end to her life , so on 11 January 1987 , when Paulette was leaving the home of her friends on the way to her own home , [ the defendant ] stopped her and shot her and then placed a call to my home to inform me of the murder . |
| 15 | At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him . |
| 16 | On the fifty-ninth minute of the twenty-third hour , as I was leaving the country , I finally achieved the contract . |
| 17 | He then waited for his new prime minister , Sharpour Bakhtiar , who had been imprisoned several times during his reign , and in whose hands he now was leaving the country . |
| 18 | ‘ You wrote that you caught him at his flat just at the time he was leaving the country . ’ |
| 19 | Mrs Linda Hoffman , assistant divisional officer for the National Union of Public Employees , said the government was leaving the country 's health authorities with a £35m. shortfall . |
| 20 | Oh dear , you 'd say this would be me as I was leaving the travel agents I heard a woman say my friend and I want to get away from it all , can you recommend somewhere completely unspoiled with a really nice shopping area . |
| 21 | In 1931 Scrutton LJ said that , ‘ in many commercial matters the English law and the practice of commercial men are getting wider apart ’ , and noted that as a result commercial business was leaving the courts for arbitration . |
| 22 | Delaney was leaving the cover of a vent pipe when it happened . |
| 23 | After that I forgot about seeing Tavett and did n't remember until I was leaving the building . |
| 24 | He replaced Absamat Masaliyev , who was leaving the post apparently because of differences with Kirghizia 's President Askar Akayev . |
| 25 | As he was leaving the office he stopped by another door . |
| 26 | She was leaving the party . |
| 27 | Gorbachev 's success at the congress was marred , however , by Yelstin 's announcement that he was leaving the party , and by the departure from the party around the same time of a number of other leading advocates of radical reform [ see p. 37416-17 ] . |
| 28 | Just as I was leaving the studio , I was summoned back . |
| 29 | I wanted to make certain I was leaving the jeep with Kaptan — I wanted to establish my connection with the family , give a hint of trouble I could solve ( without making it look like a threat ) , and put myself into the frame without a hint of asserting myself . |
| 30 | In July , Ron was leaving the Aigburth Arms , Liverpool , one evening at about 7pm . |