Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] leave [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But remember , you must stay in the forest , you must not leave your dear grandfather until you have repaid all the love and care he had given you . " |
| 2 | Alice thought she could not leave her only child , her baby daughter , that she might never see again , without holding her once more , without at least giving her a last kiss . |
| 3 | She asked him why he could not leave her alone , in view of what the other man had already done to her , but he turned off the lights and told her to undress . |
| 4 | ‘ Good God , there was a time I saw him — still but a child , to be sure — playing his fingers in her hair with such warmth and love in his face , such concentrated attention , as if it so fascinated him he could not leave it alone . |
| 5 | So they could n't leave them all standing outside . |
| 6 | She could n't leave them any money because all she had was an annuity that would come to an end when she died , but Mister Johnny 's got a little bit that his parents left him and Hepzibah makes some from the poultry , so they should have just enough . |
| 7 | Could n't leave it any later . ’ |
| 8 | Tata had complained often enough that he could n't leave his two assistants at the shop for more than an hour before something was certain to go wrong . |
| 9 | She wanted to be left alone just as she was , wherever she was , but the people would not leave her alone . |
| 10 | I would not leave her alone . |
| 11 | Those words of Idris , ‘ Pas possible , ’ and his hangdog look would not leave me alone . |
| 12 | ‘ I did not agree , but she would not leave me alone ’ |
| 13 | I did not agree , but she would not leave me alone . |
| 14 | The worst of being in a job which the world regarded as not the right place for him was that the world would not leave him alone . |
| 15 | But they would not leave him alone . |
| 16 | This world would not leave him alone , it seemed . |
| 17 | Eve had n't known that Birdie Mac who ran the sweet shop had a man from Ballylee who had been calling for fifteen years , but she would n't leave her old mother and the man from Ballylee would n't come to Knockglen . |
| 18 | The trouble was that humans would n't leave them alone . |
| 19 | They have a saying : If Bull O'Malley was dividing Ireland , you can be certain he would n't leave himself last . ’ |
| 20 | Would n't leave me all through the following night as I worked on the glass . |
| 21 | It was like this at the time of Mum 's suicide , you police just would n't leave me alone . ’ |
| 22 | Think it 's used to you in that I do n't know what , I do n't tell Ron , well he knows how I felt cos I said course I 'm , god he said , is that a performance , he said I have n't sat on your knee for ages , I said no I just feel like it , before we went out and er , I said well I do n't think there 's anything the matter do you , I said with him back there saying make sure Mr Hudson has the notes , and he said no , he said , he said he would n't leave it seven months he said |
| 23 | So I left again and lived with this other woman for the next four years , but the relationship was ruined because Marie would n't leave us alone . |
| 24 | At night see he ca n't leave him alone he sits there and he goes or something like that and jumps on him and gives him a I ca n't keep my hands off that dog ! |
| 25 | Oh you have to , oh you ca n't leave him alone one second . |
| 26 | Europe 's always dying and Americans ca n't leave her alone to die . |
| 27 | He ca n't leave it alone can he ? |
| 28 | ‘ Aquarius , Taurus , Leo and Scorpio figure very strongly in the Royal Family 's charts and very strongly in Diana 's , so when you get a powerful connection like that with marriage partners it can either be the most sensationally passionate ‘ I ca n't leave you alone for a minute ’ or it 's ice . |
| 29 | Bodie said , ‘ Ca n't leave you alone for a minute . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ For heaven 's sakes , ’ he growled irritably , ‘ I ca n't leave you alone for five minutes , can I ? ’ |