Example sentences of "leave it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I I do n't I do n't I do n't have any more time , we 're just gon na have to leave it on that very er worrying note , but thanks all very much for taking part .
2 No , I have to leave it on all the time
3 I have to leave it on all the time though .
4 But you have to leave it for like months .
5 Like many people , however , I decided to leave it for another day .
6 Having stumped up £250 to help sponsor a general practitioners ' management meeting in Nottingham , the Royal Bank of Scotland saw fit to leave it at that .
7 I am inclined to leave it at that .
8 He could be quite maddening at times , but I had my own concerns and had to leave it at that .
9 He is not content , however , to leave it at that : to recognise that the perception of and attention to objectivity varies culturally while claims to objectivity itself are often more biased than is realised .
10 Though this derives from psychological studies of covert actions types , it would be waste to leave it at that .
11 Nobody except his lawyers and myself know his whereabouts or have an address and it might be as well to leave it at that .
12 Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that .
13 So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that .
14 Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that .
15 Cassie was content to leave it at that .
16 " Ah , " said the niece , preparing to leave it at that .
17 In view of his instructions Fowler decided to leave it at that .
18 At first it seemed that Francis was going to leave it at that , the ball in his court , but in fact he was trying to decide which would annoy her most : being kept in the dark about his conversation with Anna or knowing the truth .
19 His expression warned him to leave it at that .
20 At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers .
21 At Sussex we actually make a third of the time they spend on the university component of their courses compulsory work in science — that is to say every student does it — so we can actually do something about it practically by looking at our processes of initial training and coming to realise what an important section of the world this is and training teachers accordingly , and not to leave it at that but to continue with erm progressive and planned in-service training of teachers .
22 I am very , very relieved and obviously taking advice on the next steps because naturally I am not going to leave it at this . ’
23 Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time .
24 I 'm going to leave it like that for a couple of hours .
25 For some reason I had put off starting on it and had even begun to convince myself that it would be better to leave it until next winter .
26 This is the some the th one of the things I was going to suggest about I was going to leave it till next meeting , is that we we try and organize ourselves so that we are not su Last year I found myself sitting there frantically writing names on raffle tickets , knowing I was going out to play in about ten minutes , but there was nobody there to take over .
27 ‘ If there 's any problems we do n't just leave it to one member of staff , we try to sort it out together .
28 I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click .
29 So we must leave it to some other group of His Majesty 's loyal subjects , such as yourselves , to carry out the task .
30 Transfer the pudding to the refrigerator , where you may safely leave it for several days .
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