Example sentences of "[verb] and leave [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF BUSINESS were as simple as sport it would now be possible to present a league table for the 1989 season , showing games played and points won and leaving one company out on top . |
| 2 | So far I have discussed two attempts to distinguish the different types of political system in terms of an evolutionary scheme ; one of them ( that of Spencer ) being so abstract as to have little value in establishing a precise historical sequence , while the other ( that of Marx ) possesses less of an evolutionary character than may at first sight appear and leaves unsolved many problems in the construction of an adequate typology of precapitalist and capitalist societies . |
| 3 | What kind of leave-taking had that been , such a mother dying and leaving three young children ? |
| 4 | They have been heard to scream and leave frantic claw marks . |
| 5 | Rather than compromise on welfare payments , they were prepared to resign and leave social butchery to the Tories . |
| 6 | As the Amsterdam specialists we know the best things to do and see in and around Amsterdam , simply tell us the type of holiday your group requires and leave all the planning to us . |
| 7 | He gave sound advice to the proprietors , that they should encourage and leave favourite trees to reach full maturity — ‘ on every estate at least as many trees as acres ’ … ‘ causing utility and beauty to go hand in hand . ’ |
| 8 | The chain was envisaged as meandering throughout the system , entering and leaving several ordered regions along its length . |
| 9 | When she 's twenty-one that 's when she can get her money because he died and left all the money to her , right . |
| 10 | Some local worthy died and left some money , apparently . |
| 11 | He would feint and leave two or three opponents sprawling or plodding in his wake before he released the ball , unerringly , to either the flying Joe Hulme , who would not even have to pause in his flight , or the absolutely devastating Cliff ( ’ ’ Boy'' ) Bastin , who would take a couple of strides and whip the ball into the net . |
| 12 | On selecting and leaving this option , this field will default to the directory from which you have invoked LIFESPAN . |
| 13 | The Three Kings made the final 8 of the competition last year , this year it won hands down after seperate visits from 5 judges , arriving and leaving unannounced . |
| 14 | The same treatment is afforded to partners who join and leave existing partnerships . |