Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] leave [art] " in BNC.

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1 By this time , however , the military crisis was over , and Henry abruptly demanded that Anselm should either comply with his wishes or leave the country .
2 They nest at higher densities and leave no room for non-breeding birds , which are displaced and forced to ‘ irrupt ’ to unfamiliar ground .
3 However , he said he trusted his blood brothers and left the treasure with us when he took ship from Cyprus . ’
4 Heini nodded thanks and left the room , followed by his colleague , both giving piercing , policemen 's glances around the bar as they left .
5 The big pitfall is the prospect of a currency loss if sterling declines still further , which can wipe out the benefit of interest rate savings and leave the borrower owing more debt than he borrowed in the first place .
6 He stopped , shrugged his shoulders and left the rest to their imagination .
7 We dare not shrug our shoulders and leave a great chasm into which cynical politicians might leap , and take us all to perdition with them . ’
8 He went into one of the empty bedrooms and left the door open .
9 Suddenly she swung round on her heels and left the hotel .
10 Kragan retraced his steps and left the crowds to walk behind the House of Mirrors .
11 Every third week , the girls were permitted to have visitors or to leave the premises for the weekend .
12 Moreover , the effect of avian frugivores on insect frugivores may be to force the latter to eat unripe fruits or leave the host , lest they be eaten by omnivorous birds .
13 She went upstairs , emptied her jewelbox into her pockets and left the house .
14 The civilian staff put out the empty milk bottles and leave the camp , another day 's work done , and the regimental police staff in the guardroom check to see that all the recruits have booked in and that all the visitors have been booked out .
15 Frightened , Communion and Liberation has now disowned Il Sabato , removing its directors and leaving the weekly in the hands of Mr Sbardella .
16 Daniel scrambled to his feet and left the room with all speed .
17 And with that final remark she sprang to her feet and left the room .
18 ‘ Our guiding element could be the Durutti 's Brigade moving from village to village , liquidating the bourgeois elements and leaving the workers to see to their own organization . ’
19 Rose , giving evidence , said Sweeney had been refused a drink at three pubs and left a fourth .
20 Perhaps it would be better if he retraced his footsteps and left the dungeon with his treasure , then tries again when he has recovered his full strength .
21 They got away with only two statues and left the rest .
22 Joseph and the other anti-treaty chiefs now struck their lodges and left the council grounds , believing that they had refuted Lawyer 's right to speak for them .
23 Ultimately it should be possible to cease activities within the office on Poll Tax matters and leave the Sheriff Officers to collect monies due , although this may well be several years off .
24 We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard !
25 A harvest which removes the cobs but leaves the dead plants standing is not like a harvest at all .
26 Wilson fears for education generally , that the market pressures could bring in an entrepreneurial ethos which could change the nature of institutions and leave the morality of the market-place unchallenged .
27 She 'd invented some errands and left the two men alone .
28 He threw the thing away , brushed his fingers and left the blackened ruin .
29 Much of policy-implementation today requires positive action by government officials — it is no longer a case of making rules and leaving the citizen to get on with observing them , subject only to policing .
30 Then they can go back to asking each other where they got their blow-drys and leave the rest of us in peace . ’
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