Example sentences of "leave [prep] a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monica made her comment to Tweed when Buchanan and Warden had left after a few more minutes ' conversation . |
| 2 | Make no mistake , there are many who believe ( again not without considerable self-interest , that the serious business of running airlines should be left to a few major carriers — except , perhaps , for a few local services . |
| 3 | Eventually , as the lunchtime crowds subsided officewards and the pub was left to a few loud tourists , they found a quiet corner and sat down with their drinks . |
| 4 | The last Elf army departs from the Old World , leaving behind a few hardy colonists who refused to go . |
| 5 | There are dozens of them , some with very good outdoors and walking sections and it 's an unusually restrained visitor who leaves without a few extra pounds in the backpack . |
| 6 | Here , clinging like autumn leaves to a few favoured trees , some 200m butterflies sleep through the winter . |