Example sentences of "leave a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to go sailing , play volleyball or have a round of mini golf it wo n't cost you a penny and the kids can be left in the Pirates Club while you spend the afternoon doing things you want to do … but you may have a job persuading them to leave a few hours later . |
| 2 | She had seen the Adjudicator leave a few minutes before . |
| 3 | Leave a few mushrooms aside for garnish and slice the remainder . |
| 4 | With a planter wall , if no holes have been made in the base concrete , leave a few joints open just above the ground level to ensure good drainage |
| 5 | Leave a few marrows on the plants to ripen fully , raising them up through the foliage into the sun by resting on bricks . |
| 6 | Taking the early batches of eggs or fry away may interfere with the parents ' ability to raise later batches , so I leave a few batches with a new pair until they get the knack , which may not be at the first attempt . |
| 7 | ‘ Leave a few men behind when you go . |
| 8 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 9 | The birds had told me Diggs had left a few minutes earlier , so I ran back the quick way to the house , where the lights all burned as usual . |
| 10 | It would n't have surprised her in the slightest if he 'd left a few minutes early , just for the pleasure of leaving her stranded . |
| 11 | They are left a few millimetres thick and lapped flat or polished , using a lapping compound with paraffin oil lubricant . |
| 12 | Rain water is ideal , tap water needs to be left a few days to mature before stocking . |
| 13 | And when I saw the landlady there she said that she did have a Mr there but he 'd left a few days ago , did n't know where he 'd got to . |
| 14 | Viola Machin left a few moments ' pause . |
| 15 | But the case left a few unfortunates in its wake . |
| 16 | Then , when she left a few drops , he drained it himself before laying the empty glass beside his own on the wall . |
| 17 | He stopped the jeep at the edge of the cornfield , and we observed that the mortar and shell fire were following the canisters as they were landing , leaving a few canisters lying on the ground not far off from where we were . |
| 18 | But it was n't the IRA , just a sudden release of the 120 psi , leaving a few shreds of inner tube ! |
| 19 | United then began to pile men forward as they had to , Simpson causing problems down the left , Phillips again in mid-field winning a lot of ball , but of course United leaving a few gaps at the back , and just before the finish , four minutes before the finish , that man Gascoigne put the game beyond United 's reach , giving Spurs a four two victory . |
| 20 | Blanche drank off the last of her whisky , leaving a few pebbles of unmelted ice in the bottom of her glass . |
| 21 | When the winding extends around approximately half of the core cut off the end , leaving a few inches of spare wire and tape the wire down temporarily . |
| 22 | The ‘ chute is then pulled into a sausage , with that extra line from the release pin passing through the vent and down the parachute , leaving a few inches of line to spare . |
| 23 | Perhaps she , also , was leaving a few secrets and a few memories behind . |
| 24 | The economic miracle of the decade seemed to have passed the inner city by , leaving a few localities outside the new society . |
| 25 | I quite like the way the programme tends to finish but leaves a few questions unanswered . |