Example sentences of "leave them for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Charlwood was a widower with two teenage daughters and did not want to leave them for longer than necessary . |
| 2 | ‘ I think that either Floy could n't leave them for some reason , or — ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You will leave them for longer than that , if I tell you , ’ Bragg said brusquely . |
| 4 | If necessary , you can leave them for several months and the beetles will continue to feed and reproduce . |
| 5 | Leave them for other people to enjoy . |
| 6 | If you 've soaked the joints , leave them for several days to dry off completely . |
| 7 | Then in late July I had my clubs stolen again I had left them for ten minutes at about 9.30pm and when I came back they were gone and it was at the time when I was about to play in two large junior competitions . |
| 8 | I 've lots of ideas for these , but as they are all quick to make I 've left them for next month when you have finished your special presents and they are neatly folded and packed away in all their glory of tissue paper and gold and silver ribbons . |
| 9 | The CBI , and large companies in particular , refused to use the new powers of the Industrial Relations Act for fear of stirring up even more trouble , leaving them for smaller maverick employers to exploit , and discredit , in highly contentious situations . |
| 10 | A 39-year-old man admitted kidnapping two 13-year-old schoolgirls , raping one and indecently assaulting the other , before stabbing them with a three-foot-long ceremonial sword and leaving them for dead in the forest . |
| 11 | They had a large box of miscellaneous bit and pieces of sticky tape and straws and wood and drawing pins and all sorts of things , and we essentially just left them for two weeks to do this — and they came up with some superb ideas . |
| 12 | Yorkshireman George Duffield , whose previous St Leger ride was on a pacemaker 12 years ago , said : ‘ She just quickened up alongside them , and then left them for dead . ’ |
| 13 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |