Example sentences of "leave it [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's too much to be done in the garden to leave it for a week or more . |
| 2 | ‘ We felt that we should leave it to a company that specialized in the business and concentrate on adding value to our chemical materials . ’ |
| 3 | When it comes to mixing the colours it 's totally different from mixing paints — but at least you can leave it for a while and come back to it later . ’ |
| 4 | The busker who plays Chariots Of Fire on a Casio organ at Bank would leave it in a trice if only he could think of some other way of turning a penny . |
| 5 | As a treat for puffy eyes and dark shadows , grate half a raw , peeled potato , then leave it on a saucer until the juice collects . |
| 6 | Time is a great healer so , rather than press on with a manoeuvre that is repeatedly failing , leave it for a while and come back to it later . |
| 7 | Leave it for a minute or two . |
| 8 | If you accidentally stain walls with woodworm fluid , leave it for a week or two , and if it still shows , coat it with an aluminium primer before redecorating . |
| 9 | It sounded as though she 'd left it on a bus or something . |
| 10 | We 'd keep them for a fortnight in those pigeon holes because most people claim stuff if they realize where they 'd left it within a day or two and then as the weeks went round we used to take stuff out of there and just lump it altogether , having duly labelled it up and erm record it and used to have tuppence an item if anybody lost anything . |
| 11 | Are you are you leaving it for a day and then trying to integrate them ? |