Example sentences of "leave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Leave them to it , ’ I said . |
| 2 | To condition hardboards , leave them in the room where they are to be fixed for a minimum of three days . |
| 3 | ( Dr Kavanagh is inclined to scatter quotations and leave them to the imgination . ) |
| 4 | If you leave them behind and take to the lanes you 'll rarely see a car . |
| 5 | send tapes in , or leave them at reception . |
| 6 | They leave them in these lay-bys while they have a little kip or a cup of tea . |
| 7 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 8 | They leave them on all night , even when the shop 's shut . |
| 9 | I du n no what to do with the posters on the wall , and in the end I just leave them there . |
| 10 | They ca n't feel me cos they do n't know I 'm there , and if I want to I can fly over their heads and leave them behind and live in the sky . |
| 11 | They have to live with the fear of sudden attacks that leave them struggling to breathe . |
| 12 | But the disparity lies less in tone than in technique : like rather a lot of modern movies , Bye Bye Blues lacks the capacity to formulate its material rather than just present it to the audience and leave them to do the rest . |
| 13 | ‘ Italian security chiefs .. have pledged to lock up the yobs in Sardinia 's notorious Buoncamino Prison and leave them there until AFTER the World Cup ends . ’ |
| 14 | But more and more lucky people will be able to plan their retirement around the cash their parents leave them . |
| 15 | ‘ Leave them ! ’ |
| 16 | Peg down runners into these pots and leave them to take root over the next couple of weeks . |
| 17 | Leave them wanting more is a good piece of showbusiness advice . |
| 18 | Wiser writers , like Frank Ronan , leave them for their third or fourth . |
| 19 | The doormen know them and , aware that they wo n't do anything stupid , leave them alone . |
| 20 | I thought it best I leave them with a neighbour . |
| 21 | ‘ I hire — employ — the best brains and leave them to do their job . |
| 22 | Far better to draw them into the school to nip things in the bud than leave them to ferment discontent . |
| 23 | 3 ) ‘ When the babies are very young leave them to come to terms with others at their own pace . ’ |
| 24 | 6 assorted jars of chutney , unused ( I do n't know about you but I seem to accumulate chutney , pickles , lemon curd , etc. , faster than I can demolish it and rather than throw it away when useless , I 'd prefer to give it a good home — the best way of all is to sneak the jars into the National Trust shop at your local Hall or Towers and leave them among the chutneys already there ) |
| 25 | The two devil costumes are perfect — leave them . |
| 26 | Or even leave them on long enough for you to watch TV ? |
| 27 | Next time they come there , I just leave them . |
| 28 | You 're aware that at some stage they 'll need a wash , but you just leave them until they 've calmed down or you talk to them about it . |
| 29 | The terms of the transfer could , GMAG members fear , leave them at the beck and call of the parent executive . |
| 30 | Clean dentures with a soft brush and soap and water after every meal and leave them in water overnight . |