Example sentences of "and leave [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was therefore use to give up the leadership of the BDA at this juncture and to leave it to someone of the new generation to embrace politics in order to achieve a better deal for the deaf . |
| 2 | ‘ If I pose for a photograph will you all go away and leave me to some peace and quiet ? ’ |
| 3 | Why do n't you go away and leave me to it ? ’ |
| 4 | Good , he thought , if I really work on her she 'll go away and leave me to it . |
| 5 | She turned away impatiently , determined to swim off and leave him to it , but he slid into the water beside her and grasped her wet arm . |
| 6 | Why did n't Marc go away and leave it to her as he 'd suggested , if that was what he wanted ? |
| 7 | For the crew it 's the end of three hard days and nights , but at least they can now sit back and leave it to the performers . |
| 8 | So I asked him what he was up to and he said he was going to and fro in the earth and walking up and down in it , and then he pushed th " trolley in , and I went in after , and the mother began her howling and shrieking , and Will said , " Well , I 'll walk off and leave you to it . " |
| 9 | I 'll go away and leave you to your fevered dalliances . |
| 10 | If she 'd hoped he would take the hint and leave her to it , she was sadly disappointed . |
| 11 | ‘ Often they 'll kill a couple of lambs , take one at the time and leave one to be picked up later , ’ he explained . |
| 12 | You stick to your job , John , and leave me to mine . ’ |
| 13 | ’ Shut up and leave me to it . |
| 14 | Often Bernard would say ‘ Okay , you 're in charge , I 'm off , ’ and leave me to it . |
| 15 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 16 | ( Dr Kavanagh is inclined to scatter quotations and leave them to the imgination . ) |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Add the mussels , turn up the heat , and leave them to steam with the lid shut just until they are all fully open . |
| 19 | Leave planning your kitchen to Hygrove … and leave nothing to chance . |
| 20 | And he seemed more alert than when he had left , less inclined to shrug and yawn and leave everything to her . |
| 21 | When you do get your orders back from HQ , you 'll see that you 're to withdraw your people and leave everything to us . |
| 22 | On certain nights , when things got very late and very heavy , Madame would go to bed and leave us to it there under the stars . |
| 23 | Now I must return to my work and leave you to your wanderings . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll be off and leave you to it , I 'd as lief be elsewhere while your monastics fight it out . |
| 25 | We 're going to pull our agent and leave you to it . |
| 26 | This chapter is written with humility and with admiration by a former librarian whose strategy , when dealing with troublesome readers , was to go to pieces and leave it to Nancy . |
| 27 | Vide my earlier comments about size and rates : I have resisted the temptation to calculate the possible profitability for a well-run establishment and leave it to those readers who are suitably motivated . |
| 28 | The President 's got the authority to tell these assholes to get out of here and leave it to you and me . |
| 29 | He had decided to do nothing further for the present and leave it to Berowne to make the first move . |
| 30 | Ought he to ring the Archdeacon at once and leave it to him ? |