Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wiser writers , like Frank Ronan , leave them for their third or fourth . |
| 2 | If you 've soaked the joints , leave them for several days to dry off completely . |
| 3 | If you have bought fresh livers , put them in a bowl of tepid , slightly salted water and leave them for about a couple of hours . |
| 4 | Put the containers in a warm place and leave them for a week . |
| 5 | ( iii ) After incubation in complement , transfer the embryos to fresh M2 + BSA and leave them for a further 20–30 min at 37 C during which time the outer cells should be seen to bleb and lyse . |
| 6 | In case anyone thinks this was unnecessarily drastic , I did in fact leave them for a couple of hours to see if they would come out of their own accord — but they did n't , and I was concerned that they might starve if left to their own devices . |
| 7 | Leave them for a year , and then go back to find out how they are getting on . |
| 8 | Leave them for other people to enjoy . |
| 9 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
| 10 | ‘ Leave me for a bit , Billy , ’ she says with her back to me , so I go out and sit on my bed . |
| 11 | Like having a husband die and leave you for another woman at the same time . |
| 12 | ‘ Signorina , will you be all right if I leave you for a little while ? ’ |
| 13 | Erm do you mind if I leave you for a second ? |
| 14 | Leave her for me , she 's too tricky for you , I 'll see to her ! |
| 15 | That way we can put the donkey in a field at about 11am and leave him for about six hours while people have other entertainment . ’ |
| 16 | Just leave it for a while . ’ |
| 17 | I would rather have no bolts and the romantic ethic — leave it for the next generation if it requires a bolt . |
| 18 | Hakim was used to transactions where ‘ all parameters are not known , you leave it for the times that things are known ’ , but this business proceeded on a plane that was ‘ intangible ’ . |
| 19 | Time is a great healer so , rather than press on with a manoeuvre that is repeatedly failing , leave it for a while and come back to it later . |
| 20 | Leave it for a year , and you 'll have established a pattern which will be hard to break . |
| 21 | All you do is add water and leave it for a month . |
| 22 | ‘ As a pledge of my sincerity in the matter of the crowning of Prince Richard , I leave it for the time being with you . |
| 23 | At this stage , it is a good idea to cover the picture with glass and leave it for a while . |
| 24 | Leave it for a while . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Leave it for now … ’ |
| 26 | We demand that it changes , we beg of it to alter our lives , we leave it for two hours and assume it will be different when we get back . |
| 27 | If you accidentally stain walls with woodworm fluid , leave it for a week or two , and if it still shows , coat it with an aluminium primer before redecorating . |
| 28 | Cover the pan with a cloth — to prevent steam from condensing on the cover of the pan and falling back on the curd — and the lid , and leave it for two to four hours , until the curd is fairly firm . |
| 29 | Leave it for an hour , until the bulk of the whey has drained off , and transfer the curd , still in its cloth , to the mould . |
| 30 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |