Example sentences of "they [verb] leave the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after Yeltsin 's resignation Vyacheslav Shostakovsky read an announcement on behalf of a group of prominent Democratic Platform members to the effect that they planned to leave the CPSU in order to found their own party ; apparently this action had been triggered by the retention in the new party rules , approval on July 12 , of democratic centralism and a ban on factions . |
| 2 | The failure to come to terms with this task casts light on , though it does not excuse , the hectic character of the final part of Braudel 's Méditerranée : even when connections are traced between conjonctures and the actions of individuals , they tend to leave the actions heavily under-determined — so much so , in some cases , that they are barely explained at all . |
| 3 | It will oblige them to make long drives across the desert to Egypt or Tunisia when they want to leave the country . |
| 4 | Next day , Margaret went down to Midhurst to inform Miss Scrimgeour that they proposed to leave the country . |
| 5 | I was just politely told they 'd left the area — " This number is no longer available as the special investigation team has left the area . " |
| 6 | They 'd left the plates lying around and the wine bottles on the floor , and there was still a bit of wine left in one of them . |
| 7 | ‘ Jimmy said they 'd left the gates open specially … . ’ |
| 8 | forgetting that they 'd left the heating off . |
| 9 | He could n't help thinking of something that she 'd said in all seriousness when they 'd left the apartment building behind and a lack of any interest from a passing night patrol on the motorway had told him that no , the police did n't seem to be keeping an active watch for his car ; she 'd looked at him and she 'd said , Promise me , Peter . |
| 10 | They ate the sandwiches they 'd made before they 'd left the house , and then lay in their shelter and read two paper-backed books they 'd brought with them . |
| 11 | Rosie stamped ahead of Rory the two streets to where they 'd left the car . |
| 12 | They 'd left the other door wide open , and as Juliet passed , she caught sight of a rumpled bed with blue sheets . |
| 13 | Smiling , Nicolo put his arm around her shoulders and led her back to where they 'd left the Ferrari . |
| 14 | I thought she 'd just er you know , she was worried about her children cos as usual they 'd left the keys behind , they were the house . |
| 15 | As they turned to leave the porters arrived , Sister following the stretcher with the patient 's folder in her hand . |
| 16 | All she knew was when they began to leave the straggling apartment block on the edge of town , because she felt him slide into another gear and the engine opened out with a deep growl , and then they were climbing , climbing , following the sinuous trail deep into a cleft in the mountains . |
| 17 | True , they do not get any cash , but they get a big chunk of valuable stock and , most important , they get to leave the Unix business and stop supporting the big white Unix elephant . |
| 18 | This year everyone working for BT was sent a letter telling them the redundancy terms they were entitled to if they decided to leave the company voluntarily . |
| 19 | They decided to leave the box in the pump house until their next visit . |
| 20 | And they 've left the most terrible mess in their bedrooms . |
| 21 | By that I do n't mean they 've left the prison ; I mean they 're dead . |
| 22 | they 've left the bread . |
| 23 | that 's it , they say in , you know what they 've done , they 've left the gate wide open again |
| 24 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 25 | They had to leave the two burning galleys , and a third , Lachlan 's damaged one , was sinking under them ; they transferred the men from it to the others just in time . |
| 26 | A lot of them brought bacon and eggs but you had to cook it and they had to leave the pans and things clean when they left — so it was always a rush job and all policemen suffered from bad stomachs . |
| 27 | The tricky part would come when they had to leave the straight track and turn down through a gate and a field , but magic never worked if the thing you had to do was too easy . |
| 28 | By this time they had left the classroom and were walking down one of the long , high-ceilinged corridors of the Faculty building . |
| 29 | Their clothes were in a worse state than when they had left the workhouse . |
| 30 | Half an hour had passed since they had left the shelter of the culvert . |