Example sentences of "leaving him in the " in BNC.

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1 If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ?
2 ANEW study of the poet of Xanadu and The Ancient Mariner has won the Whitbread Biography of the Year prize , earning its author £1,750 and leaving him in the field for the Book of the Year £20,250 prize , to be announced on January 24 .
3 It also provides the context in which to consider both the claim that for the later Foucault knowledge is absolutely determined , leaving him in the impossible situation of requiring something outside this for any prospect of critique , as well as the question of exactly how power and resistance are interdependent and to what extent they are separable .
4 In the sudden brightness Gabriel could see every tree around him , until the light disappeared just as suddenly , leaving him in the blackest darkness .
5 Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all .
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