Example sentences of "[noun pl] and leave [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They nest at higher densities and leave no room for non-breeding birds , which are displaced and forced to ‘ irrupt ’ to unfamiliar ground . |
| 2 | However , he said he trusted his blood brothers and left the treasure with us when he took ship from Cyprus . ’ |
| 3 | Heini nodded thanks and left the room , followed by his colleague , both giving piercing , policemen 's glances around the bar as they left . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He stopped , shrugged his shoulders and left the rest to their imagination . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He went into one of the empty bedrooms and left the door open . |
| 8 | Suddenly she swung round on her heels and left the hotel . |
| 9 | Kragan retraced his steps and left the crowds to walk behind the House of Mirrors . |
| 10 | She went upstairs , emptied her jewelbox into her pockets and left the house . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Frightened , Communion and Liberation has now disowned Il Sabato , removing its directors and leaving the weekly in the hands of Mr Sbardella . |
| 13 | Daniel scrambled to his feet and left the room with all speed . |
| 14 | And with that final remark she sprang to her feet and left the room . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Rose , giving evidence , said Sweeney had been refused a drink at three pubs and left a fourth . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They got away with only two statues and left the rest . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She 'd invented some errands and left the two men alone . |
| 24 | He threw the thing away , brushed his fingers and left the blackened ruin . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Then they can go back to asking each other where they got their blow-drys and leave the rest of us in peace . ’ |
| 27 | He had , however , sold all his possessions and left the county . |
| 28 | This was a century or more after the Romans had left — not that they influenced these parts very much — they built their walls and garrisons and roads and left the wild fell folk alone . |
| 29 | By then many of today 's teachers will have upped sticks and left the classroom for good . |
| 30 | Then , remove the string without disturbing the cocktail sticks and leave the cake to dry for 24 hours . |