Example sentences of "leaving them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 3 | ‘ Leaving them with the fear of not being able to find someone to share their emotional overload , their physical disablement and ultimately their death . |
| 4 | Attempting to duck the consequences of hard decisions by leaving them to the last possible minute or by creating distance through solely informing parents by letter places the initiative in the hands of others . |
| 5 | When she comes to Henry VIII in her History of England , she observes that ‘ nothing can be said in his vindication , but that his abolishing Religious Houses & leaving them to the ruinous depredations of time has been of infinite use to the landscape of England in general ’ . |
| 6 | The challengers have also all adopted a slightly different approach to PageMaker in that they have provided many of the creation tools within the desktop publishing program rather than leaving them to the more specialised stand-alone products . |
| 7 | Leaving them to the end saves confusing inexperienced students . |
| 8 | I disappeared quickly into my own office , leaving them to the buzz of their womentalk . |
| 9 | He stood in the middle of the living room and took off all his clothes , leaving them on the floor where they fell ; then he inspected his naked body , front , back and sides , in the full-length mirror that he had on his living room wall . |
| 10 | My master was in the habit , when he was particularly busy with his scientific work , of writing orders on pieces of paper and leaving them on the stairs . |
| 11 | Yet , there also appear dangers in resting content with proposing apparent similarities between past and present and leaving them on the table , as it were . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll just see if it 's convenient , ’ she said stiffly and turned away quickly , leaving them on the doorstep . |
| 13 | They have been known to tire of tormenting their poor victims , often leaving them by the roadside , mortally wounded but still alive . |
| 14 | I hesitate , then kneel and quickly take the boots off , leaving them by the dishwasher . |
| 15 | I keep everything loose in glass jars ( you can wash and save any that you buy ) , which prolongs their life , rather than leaving them in the packets . |
| 16 | It may seem obvious to you that coffee cups belong in the top cupboard , but if people get into the habit of leaving them in the sink and you allow them to do that ( even when it irritates you ) it will be difficult to get them to change . |
| 17 | It does not mean — what it all too often has become — an aid to impulse buying , ‘ immediate ’ gardening , and the idea that ‘ if we lift them and pot them up instead of leaving them in the ground , we can sell them in a couple of weeks time as ‘ container grown ’ ’ . |
| 18 | It makes sense , therefore , if you are going to be a hero and dig a plot two spits deep , to know whether to ‘ double dig ’ ( reverse the spits ) or to ‘ bastard trench ’ ( leaving them in the same position ) . |
| 19 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 20 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 21 | Saves leaving them in the car , probably only for about two hours , I do n't know if it 's better leaving at home or taking with me , there 's . |