Example sentences of "leave [prep] a few " in BNC.
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1 | A customer walking into a Barclays branch can leave within a few minutes having bought or sold such shares as he wants . |
2 | As she walked from the post office empty handed , she pretended to be an American tourist , one who could leave in a few days , one for whom the trip would soon be nothing more than a few travel stories and postcards . |
3 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
4 | Make your own by mixing oatmeal and water into a paste ; massage over the face , leave for a few minutes , then rinse with warm water . |
5 | Leave for a few minutes . |
6 | ( viii ) Rinse with de-ionized water , leave for a few minutes to dry thoroughly , soak in xylene and mount . |
7 | Leave for a few days , then add just one or two hardy fish . |
8 | Place one piece of stem into each jar and leave for a few hours . |
9 | Q I recently became the owner of a pond which I planted and then left for a few weeks before I put the fish in . |
10 | It is applied with a brush , sponge or pad , left for a few minutes , and then rinsed off . |
11 | The prevention is new Wella Balsam Intensive Dry Ends Conditioner , regularly massaged into the ends of your hair , left for a few minutes and rinsed out . |
12 | The ground was cropped until it was exhausted and had to be left for a few years to recuperate . |
13 | Monica made her comment to Tweed when Buchanan and Warden had left after a few more minutes ' conversation . |
14 | It was left behind a few days ago , Ramsbum does n't know by whom , and no one 's claimed it . ’ |
15 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
16 | But when the edge had dulled it was no problem and on the harder wood a burn mark could be left in a few seconds if very little pressure was applied with the cutter just spinning on the surface . |
17 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | He left for a few years to manage a national school , independent of the British system , but returned to read law . |
21 | He left after a few days as I said . |
22 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
23 | The last Elf army departs from the Old World , leaving behind a few hardy colonists who refused to go . |
24 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
25 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
26 | I sha n't see you again — I 'm leaving in a few moments to drive down to Kildare . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | Here , clinging like autumn leaves to a few favoured trees , some 200m butterflies sleep through the winter . |