Example sentences of "leave [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Leave them to it , ’ I said . |
| 2 | ( Dr Kavanagh is inclined to scatter quotations and leave them to the imgination . ) |
| 3 | There is no one right way to behave , but it is clear that teenagers suffer when parents overprotect , as well as when they leave them to their own devices and appear not to care . |
| 4 | They can sell their timeshares , or rent them out , or even leave them to their heirs in their wills . |
| 5 | Mr Edwards has stated that he will live in Bacon 's house and studio for the remainder of his lifetime , then leave them to the nation . |
| 6 | as if to seal off the barbarians and leave them to their own devices , Hadrian 's Wall was built from Solway to Tyne between AD 122 and 127 . |
| 7 | So leave them to it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Leave them to me too , ’ Adam said confidently . |
| 9 | Leave them to one side . |
| 10 | Add the mussels , turn up the heat , and leave them to steam with the lid shut just until they are all fully open . |
| 11 | We do n't actually guide visitors around the reserve , rather leave them to their own devices having informed them about what they 're likely to see and drawn their attention to some safety aspects . |
| 12 | I 'm so glad you appreciate them , so few people do , they leave them to gardeners and such like , it 's such a pity , they 're so characterful — ’ |
| 13 | You stick to your job , John , and leave me to mine . ’ |
| 14 | ’ Shut up and leave me to it . |
| 15 | Often Bernard would say ‘ Okay , you 're in charge , I 'm off , ’ and leave me to it . |
| 16 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 17 | Whence thou leave me to about the feast . |
| 18 | Leave planning your kitchen to Hygrove … and leave nothing to chance . |
| 19 | but they leave nothing to chance they 've even brought their own satellite to plot the weather … |
| 20 | Now I must return to my work and leave you to your wanderings . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll be off and leave you to it , I 'd as lief be elsewhere while your monastics fight it out . |
| 22 | We 're going to pull our agent and leave you to it . |
| 23 | ‘ Would you have preferred I leave you to the tender mercies of your American admirer ? ’ |
| 24 | Good , ha , I was , I was gon na say leave you to it |
| 25 | ‘ Often they 'll kill a couple of lambs , take one at the time and leave one to be picked up later , ’ he explained . |
| 26 | Considering that this book purports to educate the reader on how to improve his photographic capabilities , the quality of the black and white photograph reproductions leave something to be desired , with some subjects looking fuzzy and over-exposed . |
| 27 | This can be helpful to us but it may give rise to difficulties and require careful handling if the client 's writing skills leave something to be desired . |
| 28 | From the buyer 's point of view , the warranties implied by the SGA , the SGSA , or the common law , leave something to be desired . |
| 29 | And he seemed more alert than when he had left , less inclined to shrug and yawn and leave everything to her . |
| 30 | You can put down the concrete base and build the kit garage yourself ; lay the base but let the garage manufacturer build it ; or leave everything to him . |