Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Now I will leave you for a few minutes .
2 Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training .
3 One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’
4 Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them .
5 A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments .
6 So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it .
7 leave it for a few minutes , then start it up again .
8 Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours .
9 In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later .
10 Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her .
11 Covering the work to protect from frost and rain , we left it for a few days to dry , which helps the shuttering to loosen itself too .
12 No what I 'm say what I 'm saying is that that leaving it for a few months probably is n't going to do you any harm .
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