Example sentences of "leave for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The row culminated in the headteacher , Jim Nind , asking to be transferred to another post and four of the seven teachers , apparently exhausted by the events , going on sick leave for a week . |
| 2 | I could be in London this evening with Colonel Vaughan having a good piss-up , then probably on leave for a couple of weeks . |
| 3 | Half of those would be on leave for a quickly arranged replay and I estimate the cost would be in the region of £30,000 . ’ |
| 4 | A highly successful — not to mention wealthy — commercial director who , every Christmas takes unpaid leave for a month to go diving , risking life and limb to photograph some of the world 's most dangerous aquatic creatures . |
| 5 | One way and another , I was glad to get back to Bourn after this leave for a rest . |
| 6 | Frederick was on leave for a week . |
| 7 | As things are , I 'd like you to postpone your leave for a bit . " |
| 8 | ‘ I have since taken maternity leave for a second time and now also work to some extent from home . |
| 9 | I ca n't afford to take any more leave for a while . ’ |
| 10 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |