Example sentences of "leave their [noun pl] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was hoped that , with more publicity , people would leave their cars at the village hall instead and walk .
2 Shortly before five o'clock the sepoy cavalry made an attack near the Cutcherry but fortunately the men had not yet left their positions at the rampart .
3 Mr Peters asks the highly relevant question : why do so many workers leave their talents at the factory gate ?
4 Mr Peters asks the highly relevant question : why do so many workers leave their talents at the factory gate ?
5 Frustrated football fans , caught up in traffic delays on the M1 yesterday afternoon , left their coaches at the Edgware junction and started to walk to Wembley along the hard shoulder .
6 When they left their stalls at the end of Lauds , and approached the night stairs to return to their beds , a slight , habited figure arose from its knees to confront them , stepping into what light there was very gingerly , but with resigned resolution , like one expecting a bleak welcome , but braced to endure and survive it .
7 Norma clearly recalls one day during the Battle of Britain when a number of airmen left their overcoats at the Alma , thinking they would survive the night 's mission .
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