Example sentences of "[pers pn] leave [pron] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and erm I leave him about eighty quid , cos there 's six of us |
| 2 | I left him about two months ago … and then I met Hassan . ’ |
| 3 | Third hurdle , I left him too much to his own devices as the distance was awkward . |
| 4 | ‘ When I bought the VF I left it completely standard because I wanted to establish if I had any talent . |
| 5 | I think I left it too long . |
| 6 | I think that 's what it was I left it too long . |
| 7 | ‘ You leave me quite cold . ’ |
| 8 | You left me virtually impotent ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Even so , you left her here alone afterwards . ’ |
| 10 | I think you left it too late |
| 11 | She left her home last night as her owner tried to weigh her in the garden . |
| 12 | I will maybe just remind her in case she has a problem finding one if she leaves it too late . |
| 13 | Erm , and eh and we , if the the Council also can provide supports for those groups and it 's us that will provide the support and we leave it as general as that . |
| 14 | Precisely , if we leave it too late then . |
| 15 | This mass migration to the inland has only been recorded three times in the past century , and scientists are tagging thousands of birds , you attempt to get a log of the pelican 's travels and try to understand what makes them leave their normally safe havens . |
| 16 | I only repeat what I said last time Chairman that if the , that if people do not understand the management of the countryside , that they leave it well alone . |
| 17 | Crashing pilots always tried to ensure that their aircraft was not going to hit any people or buildings , ‘ but quite often they leave it too late and die . ’ |
| 18 | houses it 's , it 's , they left themselves wide open for |
| 19 | I do n't know why they left me there alive . ’ |
| 20 | They left it late last year despite their money , but look what they 're doing in the Premier League . ’ |
| 21 | But is it because they left it too late or something then ? |
| 22 | If I could manage to absorb a tablet in between the bouts of vomiting it did stop the sickness and bring a pain-free sleep — but it left me too exhausted to do anything about enjoying life . |
| 23 | It left her so weak that she had to put a hand out to the table before she could sit down . |
| 24 | As he waxed into an eloquent period , he would realize the absurdity of his situation or the humbug of his pleading and be overcome with internal laughter , a laughter so vast that on occasion it left him too weak to go on with the speech . |
| 25 | It left him sharply aware of the dichotomy Jamaica represents : between travel-folder romanticism and pleasure beaches and a watchfulness peculiar to the tropics , ‘ a disquiet that is potent and nameless ’ ; between colonial elegance and the dusky faces lurking inside dark doorways , the sudden low laugh or flash of teeth . |
| 26 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 27 | Returning to Scheveningen with an unsold bale of cannabis on board he left it rather late to lose it overboard . |
| 28 | That 's why he left it so late . |
| 29 | he left it too late . |
| 30 | It leaves them wide open for dismissal by anybody with a basic knowledge of debating tactics . |