Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] leave the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sydney : Early buying petered out to leave the All Ordinaries index up 3.9 points at 1,775.6 . |
| 2 | I think that 's when we 'd better leave the bag . ’ |
| 3 | Goldie , you 'd better leave the room . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd just left the Royal Academy , I 'd just got the results of my finals . |
| 5 | She 'd also left the heating on for him , which was doing nothing except heating the window-sill for the pigeons and running up my bills . |
| 6 | He must have taken a shine to the jacket because he turned the corner — and never came back leaving the police red-faced . |
| 7 | If only they 'd never left the basement with the empty meat-safe hanging outside the window . |
| 8 | ‘ How could a scrap of a woman who 'd never left the country get mixed up with some crazy Venetian ? |
| 9 | I once went to get the buggy out and I 'd accidentally left the key in the door |
| 10 | He climbed out leaving the car upended on its roof . |
| 11 | The presence of the Seoul 100 metres silver medallist might have attracted a few more through the turnstiles had the Scottish AAA not agreed to keep his entry a secret at the request of the athlete himself , a fact which inevitably leaked out leaving the promoters somewhat embarrassed . |
| 12 | It ended in a stormy divorce after three years when the first Mrs Smith walked out leaving the then 4-year-old Andrew locked in a wardrobe . |
| 13 | but both chose eventually to leave the government . |
| 14 | The experiments , however , involved drawing fibres and blowing bubbles of molten glass and one day , after the work had been going on for some months , Lockspeiser went home leaving the gas torch used for melting the glass still burning . |
| 15 | Yet we dared not leave the carriage for more than a mere leg-stretch just outside the door … |
| 16 | We were the second crew on the scene and we did not leave the crash site all day . ’ |
| 17 | She did not leave the hospital without the cello she played in a London symphony orchestra . |
| 18 | Under the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 , only married women and widows already exercising their option to rely on their husbands ' contribution could continue to do so , provided they did not leave the labour market for two or more years . |
| 19 | His eyes did not leave the view as he said , ‘ Did you ever think when you were living in that flat in Manchester that you would one day own all this ? ’ |
| 20 | Since the implementation of this legislation in 1978 , only married women and widows already paying reduced contributions could continue to do so , provided they did not leave the labour market for more than two years . |
| 21 | If Pargeter was telling the truth and did not leave the party until the body was found , she could not have murdered Nicola . |
| 22 | Often , delayed by the cleaning up , she did not leave the premises until midnight . |
| 23 | The next day he did not leave the house . |
| 24 | This time , Franco did not leave the warring factions to fight among themselves . |
| 25 | In a sense , they did not leave the newcomers behind . |
| 26 | We also know that the Queen herself did not leave the manor house . ’ |
| 27 | He did not leave the Force until he had completed the " ton " with DSO . |
| 28 | If they did n't leave the shed door properly shut , Mrs Wright would know someone had been in . |
| 29 | And if you 're so sure you did n't leave the place unlocked — I mean , somebody 's responsible for this little lot , are n't they ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We were told if we did n't leave the station we would be arrested . |