Example sentences of "[pers pn] leave [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left him the fare I had been quoted , but he pursued me and stopped me entering my flat . |
| 2 | You leave it the way God intended it . ’ |
| 3 | Peggy poured out the tea and handed it to her mother ; then sitting beside her , she said quietly , ‘ She left me the money for a purpose . |
| 4 | I mean , I expect she knew how you felt about the only things worth having being the things you 'd worked hard for and earned for yourself , so you would n't want her to leave you the house ] But she did n't want you to think she 'd forgotten you , or that she was just being spiteful , or something … ’ |
| 5 | They left them the ignominy of being beaten and then ignored . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm delighted they left you the house , ’ Julia told Margaret . |
| 7 | All the same he left her the majority of his considerable fortune when he died — but with one stipulation : |
| 8 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |
| 9 | He leaves it the honour of still defending what it would have perhaps abandoned . ’ |