Example sentences of "leave it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 2 | I would rather have no bolts and the romantic ethic — leave it for the next generation if it requires a bolt . |
| 3 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 4 | Yeah , and then from that they 've now got these fucking things that show the direction , the sign , the speed and oh its incredible sonar 's been going longer than radar , but only just we were the world leader 's now , I mean we cos we , cos we preserve fuel , we knew exactly , they left it for the last minute to get up there and intercept them . |
| 5 | She poured the coffee black , and left it for the three of them to add milk and sugar . |
| 6 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |