Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] leave [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while I tramcar leaving any suburban area there was always what was known then as a worker 's return . |
| 2 | ‘ I love to cook , but my work leaves little time . ’ |
| 3 | As you are aware , my father left half of it to each of us . ’ |
| 4 | I said what would I like to say , disgusted with the way he 's been treated , I said my father left intensive care at one o'clock on Friday , we was told he was gon na leave there at four o'clock to go home and have a meal and be with him when he went on the ward , when we came back , he 'd been moved , he 'd gone on the ward , he was plonked in the chair , his catheter was on his lap , it had leaked all over him , his dressing was hanging off and seeping with green stuff the wound on his leg was run all down over his foot , he 'd got no cover on his seat so he could see , Dave said they looked and they did n't look very bloody nice |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to , but my flight leaves first thing in the morning , ’ Ashley said regretfully . |
| 6 | Both sides of my family left rural south China for Malaya to get away from the grinding poverty , encouraged by the British to fill their need for cheap labour in their colonies . |
| 7 | ‘ My mother left that last time she was here . |
| 8 | Its crash left 120,000 people in the UK alone facing losses of £2bn . |
| 9 | A short distance away were the Santerres : Sir John shouting orders and beside him his wife , riding side-saddle , her desire to leave apparent in the agitated remarks she made to her husband . |
| 10 | Her crew left six weeks ago , their bills unpaid , and the six-million rouble yacht was handed to a local boatyard , Knight & Carver , in lieu of payment . |
| 11 | Although I believe they are improved as a class , many of them are rough diamonds ; at times they are light-fingered , they are not invariably sober , their education leaves much to be desired and it is impossible to allow them the run of the works after closing hours . |
| 12 | On the 5th January 1733 , Mrs Bridget Briggs in her will left certain properties in the vicinity of Sheffield , two thirds of the rent of which were to build a schoolhouse and school to educate ten poor boys and ten poor girls of Sproatley ; other children were to be educated there , but to pay for their instruction . |
| 13 | It was created as a monument to her own taste ; her will left clear instructions against any alteration at any time to the collection of paintings , statuary and furniture . |
| 14 | The least ornament was integral to the whole ; anything she took would create a space in the picture of her history , the only thing in her life left intact . |
| 15 | The forms tell strongly on the curving surface and the figure-zone is widened for them , its background left bare or scattered with small flower-shapes , a calyx of pointed leaves or petals at the base and the areas of fine lines reduced to narrow borders of two or three ( figs. 7 and 8 ) . |
| 16 | The spindle spinner tucked it into her belt or under her arm leaving both hands free to spin . |
| 17 | The bits of this instruction can be set so that its execution leaves any one of the following values in the accumulator : How can this be achieved ? |
| 18 | Edmund Walter was accused of taking bribes to acquit a murderer at Great Sessions , but his defence leaves some presumption in his favour . |
| 19 | Rémy of Pertuis had as good as made up his mind to leave that day , but the arrival of the earl of Leicester caused him to think again , and countermand his orders to Bénezet and Daalny to begin packing . |
| 20 | Travis stood up , his intention to leave clear . |
| 21 | Although the vow was only to be accomplished if Edward went in person , Pierre-Amanieu none the less felt sufficiently bound by his oath to leave 500 livres bordelaises ( 1 . |
| 22 | Mr Rushdie 's recommitment to the Islam of his birth leaves more room for doubt . |
| 23 | He had in his hurry left one drawer just a little open , and was now delving into the carpet-bag , which he 'd found at the bottom of the shelved larder . |
| 24 | Fears that he would push Georgia into the Commonwealth of Independent States have largely evaporated following his promise to leave this question to a new Parliament , due for election in October . |
| 25 | The success of an individual in biological terms depends on his ability to leave successful descendants . |
| 26 | The public events of his time leave little mark ; and , apart from occasional visits to London and Oxford and an account of a holiday in Cornwall , which is one of the diary 's tours de force , his record hardly strays outside the very narrow circumferences of rural Radnorshire and rural Wiltshire . |
| 27 | ‘ What Nature leaves imperfect , ’ he quoted , ‘ we perfect with our Art . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was very careless of your brother-in-law to leave that brochure lying about . |
| 29 | ‘ What time did your husband leave this morning ? ’ he asked quietly , noting a pair of nervous eyes suddenly flash across at him . |
| 30 | In those circumstances it does not seem to me right to leave open , whether the court has power to do so I 'm doubtful , but in any event it does not seem to me right to leave open a question of whether there should be some damages to provide for the possibility that er Paul may have to leave school , nor do I think that it is a situation in which any contingency award should be made in respect of that . |