Example sentences of "leave him [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill , chasing his third successive Formula One victory , finished with a best time 1:21.491 , to leave him sharing the front row of the grid with Prost , whose pole was the 32nd of his career . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose we are right to send you and Jeremy out to get Tristram rather than leave him to take the full consequences ? ’ he said reflectively , as he loaded her and her possessions into his car and took the wheel . |
| 3 | Hardwick 's involvement might have ended there , if it had not been for one of the tradesmen , who addressed a petition to the Company nine months later : his original estimate of £2,514 18 1¼d had left him bearing a loss of £266 6 3¾d . |
| 4 | His first wife had left him to become a theatrical agent because she did n't want to be just a housewife . |
| 5 | Ultimately the scrupulous , strait-laced upbringing had left him distrusting the strictures of rigid minds . |
| 6 | The pain had left him feeling a little light-headed , but otherwise he seemed all right . |
| 7 | The British record signing , given a rousing reception by Saints ' fans before kick off , admitted afterwards that Monkou had left him feeling the pressure of a marked man . |
| 8 | She would stay until the first intermission , then leave him to watch the last complete performance alone . |
| 9 | It would be very simple to tell him everything and leave him to unscramble the truth contained in the confusion . |
| 10 | He hoped the young man would relapse into muteness and leave him to read the privilege and privacy imbedded in this landscape , to note the pampered thoroughbreds grazing beyond the fences and glimpse their owners ' residences tucked down driveways discreetly screened by firs . |
| 11 | He gave her a look of amused speculation and she was glad to sit in her corner and leave him to get the drinks . |
| 12 | His two main sponsors have dropped out of racing for the moment leaving him chasing a £3,000 shortfall . |
| 13 | She had , after all , deserted him almost immediately after my birth , leaving him holding the squealing baby . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , ’ she curled up on the deep sill and wrapped the duvet more tightly around herself , leaving him to find a seat of his own as she knew he was going to , ‘ that sounds like life — so what ? ’ |
| 15 | At the eleventh hour , she bowed out , leaving him to anchor the show alone . |
| 16 | As her confidence increased , they made desultory conversations , though , remembering Fen 's dislike of being quizzed , Robbie left him to initiate the subjects for discussion . |
| 17 | It was in honour of that adventure which left him facing a crown court appearance on Monday that Whitby Folk Club held the shanty event last week . |
| 18 | Biting back a sob , she left him shaking the paella pan and went outside to the terrace where the air was fresher . |
| 19 | It sounded suspiciously like a dismissal , but she made no comment as she left him finishing the task of putting away saddles and bridles . |
| 20 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
| 21 | After this ordeal Tom left him to have a soak and slowly Willie began to unwind . |
| 22 | Joan 's unconscious encouragement of Bob 's selfishness may lead him to more extreme behaviour ( in psychoanalytic terms , her projection leaves him carrying a ‘ double dose ’ ) . |