Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] leave [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you see they were having a difference of opinion over that and he 's saying you should n't , you should 've left it all to me and she says I 've done it for last fifty year and , you know , all this . |
| 2 | Sanchez should have left it alone but instead his header fell to Thomas who scored . |
| 3 | Now it 's likely someone in the boat will say : ‘ Put it back , ’ or : ‘ You should have left it alone . ’ |
| 4 | People and dogs came from as far away as Oxford to take part in this event which must have left them all fitter and leaner at the end of the day . |
| 5 | I thought the maid must have left it that way . |
| 6 | And then adding all these up , well there 's none of them that add up that we can just add in to any of the others , so we 'll have to leave them all like that , so the answer is just a , a thousand , plus a hundred Y plus ten X , plus X Y. Now if we wanted to multiply , let's say we want to multiply a hundred and three by seventeen , that just means that X is seven , sorry X is three and Y is seven . |
| 7 | Lorton might have left something incriminating at Miller 's End . |
| 8 | Trainer Andy Turnell blamed himself for Katabatic 's defeat : ‘ I might have left him short of a gallop , ’ he admitted . |
| 9 | There is no way Dona could have left her married life and children behind to sail the seas with pirate lover . |
| 10 | Then I could have left it alone . |
| 11 | ‘ Doctor Andrews told me that he kept on saying how much he wished he could have left you enough money to live on ; but , as you know , nearly everything he possessed he 'd already bequeathed to that French museum which he started himself . |
| 12 | Without you I 'd have to leave my stillborn poems on other people 's doorsteps , wrapped in brown paper . |
| 13 | You may wish to leave your monthly transfer at the same amount ; or you may want to amend it in the light of an increase in the cost of living or changes in your expenditure plans . |
| 14 | None too quietly , he asked the woman if she would mind leaving him alone , just for a while , since he had something more important to do for the minute than listen to her gripes and belly-aching . |
| 15 | As the fish is still feeding , and appears to be otherwise healthy , I would suggest leaving it alone . |
| 16 | One which would have left him rich and me in possession of Sleet . |
| 17 | Alexander 's response would have left her breathless anyway . |
| 18 | I could see that , had he embarked upon the paper , it would have left me conscience-stricken in my turn . |
| 19 | He danced lightfooted across the European racing stage , and with just a little better luck , would have left it undefeated . |
| 20 | You do n't think that I would have left you alone , down here , if I had n't known that you were all well and happy , do you ? |
| 21 | That would have left you free to work with Sabrina in Beirut . |
| 22 | If we 'd blown the network because of the hostages we would have left ourselves blind in the middle of a minefield . |
| 23 | They were known as ‘ bee grenades ’ , and just one of them could disperse a big group of enemies , who would flee leaving their modern weapons behind . |