Example sentences of "[adj] and leave [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Hamilton suggested crisply that they had got it wrong and left it at that . |
| 2 | He gathered six double sheets from the drenched berths , folded them in half and left them by the companionway . |
| 3 | Septimus Coffin , with a little bow of the head , retired and left him to it . |
| 4 | We would ask everyone to be patient and to leave plenty of time for their journey , ’ he stressed . |
| 5 | Let's just say it seems a bit questionable and leave it at that . ’ |
| 6 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
| 7 | Se the room thermostat at a temperature which you find comfortable and leave it on that setting , allowing the thermostat to control the temperature of the room . |
| 8 | Yet , there also appear dangers in resting content with proposing apparent similarities between past and present and leaving them on the table , as it were . |
| 9 | ‘ She leads him a right dance , ’ the nans would say , during their daily exchange of news and analysis in the queue at the butcher 's , until finally she danced off for good and all and left him with his mother and his clapped-out BSA and his jars of Brylcreem and his collection of 78 records and a lifetime 's cumulation of unarticulated resentments . |
| 10 | When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you . |
| 11 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 12 | But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that . |
| 13 | ‘ She changed that overnight and left me with a broken heart — I will never be the same again . |
| 14 | The shepherd grew pale and left us at once , and tried to rid his stomach of the dread stuff , and thereafter went home to his bed , expecting to die . |
| 15 | Sara looked sulky and left them to it , and they heard her calling to the old lady with rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 16 | In the absence of any informed critical guidance , it is true , they would be unable to go any further : the experience would remain isolated and leave nothing behind it . |
| 17 | Buy a bottle at five to two and leave it at two o'clock . |
| 18 | What people are frightened of is buying a property , finding the tenant goes bankrupt and leaves them with the running costs . ’ |