Example sentences of "have leave [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just turned forty , Frank is married to his job , his wife has left him for a colleague , and when he encounters the sexually predatory Helen ( Ellen Barkin ) he breaks one of the first rules in the book by falling for a suspect . |
| 2 | Your wife has left you for a continuous period of two years . |
| 3 | Her father had left them for a woman in France . |
| 4 | Swan felt very much at a disadvantage , especially when Amaranth told him that she had promised to go to The Times/Sunday Times party with Charles , who had left them for a moment to have a quick word with Peter Riddell of The Times . |
| 5 | Most memorable was Tory , haughtily holding her very intelligent head in the air , but missing her husband , who had left her for a ‘ woman officer ’ . |
| 6 | A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments . |