Example sentences of "[conj] leave [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But at home you might put an open packet on a bench in the greenhouse or spill some seeds , or leave them on the grass while you run to answer the phone . |
2 | In the summer months do n't shut your plants in a hot car or leave them in the sun while they are waiting to be loaded . |
3 | Or leave them in the trolley . |
4 | Within a few months of its publication the government had launched a huge inquiry into pensions which was to produce a series of changes — including the right of employees changing jobs to either take a pension with them , or leave it with the previous employer and have it uprated in line with the retail price index up to a maximum of 5 per cent . |
5 | If you go out and switch her light off and leave her in the room . |
6 | What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves . |
7 | ( Dr Kavanagh is inclined to scatter quotations and leave them to the imgination . ) |
8 | And leave them on the front . |
9 | and leave them on the rack and |
10 | I just do all my glasses first , and leave them on the draining board |
11 | 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 ) |
12 | Despite the size of the factory , there were no nursery facilities and mothers were sometimes forced to bring in their young children and leave them in the cloakrooms all day . |
13 | Remove the pan from the heat and leave them in the water for about 15 minutes . |
14 | He 'd just rob us and tie us up and leave us for the wolves , I expect . ’ |
15 | You can not turn your back on this issue , and leave us with the responsibility ’ . ’ |
16 | As most of us have to work to earn a living , the short winter days limit our riding considerably and leave us with the choice of riding before or after work in the dark or only at weekends , unless you are lucky enough to have access to an indoor school . |
17 | It 's not the fat cats we got ta take notice of , who steal the cream and leave us with the sil sour milk even . |
18 | Mr. Newman has urged us to treat the Derbyshire County Council as the public authority and leave it to the court in each individual libel action to undertake the balancing exercise of the competing interests . |
19 | You only need to type in a close approximation of the word and leave it to the spell-checker to sort out . |
20 | The King approved of this decision , and indeed Lord Stamfordham wrote a memorandum which revealed that the King had seen Balfour on 8 December and told him that , ‘ If Mr Baldwin wishes to resign , the King will refuse , on the grounds that he is still the head of the largest Party in the House of Commons and for every reason , constitutional and otherwise , it would be right and proper for the Government to meet Parliament and leave it to the representatives of the people to decide whether or not they will support the Government . ’ |
21 | The council may then recommend one name for approval to a general meeting of the association , or it may put forward more than one name and leave it to the general meeting to decide . |
22 | Perhaps I should mention now I mean I I I 'm not fill in questionnaire 's but it would it would be helpful if you actually did erm fill in that before you actually leave this evening and leave it on the on the table on the way out if that 's possible I think that , that information which you put on them would be useful . |
23 | 11 Make a mini-aquarium and leave it on the window-sill . |
24 | Yeah go and leave it on the side for now . |
25 | Take it from the liquid , sprinkle it with oil , press it between two plates and leave it until the next day . |
26 | Make an extra portion of salad if you are eating salad that evening , and leave it in the fridge to be collected as you leave for work in the morning . |
27 | So if you calculate the sine of a hundred of forty degrees now and leave it in the calculator . |
28 | I do n't need it Friday night and leave it in the that . |
29 | So , I pull handfuls of weed and leave it near the water 's edge , giving at least some of the creatures the chance to nip back into the water again . |
30 | But leave him in the evergreen |