Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] leave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , Mademoiselle there 's a , there 's a simply enormous giant spider in my desk leave it alone , you 'll just knock it off stammered Mary-Lou quite pale . |
| 2 | On account of my grandfather leaving me this house we moved here from Edmonton . |
| 3 | When we started courting my Dad left me alone . |
| 4 | As members will know , the exhibition has since taken place with great success , but the absence of the previously planned ceremonials ( dress and food ) at my visit left me disappointed . |
| 5 | ‘ My brother left me alone in the room with him and I loathed him on sight … then I eventually liked him and then I fell in love with him . ’ |
| 6 | A GIRL Friday who quit her job because she could not trust her boss to leave her alone was yesterday awarded £2,390 for sex discrimination . |
| 7 | Regarding behaviour , participants were asked to indicate from always ( five points ) to never ( one point ) the frequency of instances occurring where , for example , they got drunk even when they did not intend to ; their drinking left them short of cash ; they drank to help themselves deal with a crisis ; and they missed meals because they wanted to drink instead . |
| 8 | Part of the moulding-power of the modern world is its ability to leave us all blasé . |
| 9 | ‘ Her mother left her alone in an empty house . |
| 10 | But Noreen and Rosie would not return and Noreen asked her mother to leave them alone . |
| 11 | Her mother leaves her one boliviano ( 40 cents ) a day to feed her five brothers and sisters . |
| 12 | Her outburst left him unperturbed . |
| 13 | A different answer , however , might be given to a soldier who followed a leader of his own choosing — for pay ; he could not plead obedience if his conscience left him uneasy . |
| 14 | ‘ Wrote a snotty letter to the poor chap at Kenwards — I rang him up first , of course , he was embarrassed all over again — asking him to ask his client to leave mine alone . |
| 15 | A public officer has discretion wherever the effective limits on his power leave him free to make a choice among possible courses of action or inaction . |
| 16 | You may say that it is feeble in colour and monotonous in tone — it may be so , but it touches the heart , it arrests the attention ; and what is the use of all your correct drawing and pure tints , and skill in light and shade , if your subject leaves me cold and unaffected . |