Example sentences of "and leave [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would ask everyone to be patient and to leave plenty of time for their journey , ’ he stressed . |
| 2 | This is a unique opportunity both to help the Magdalen Bridge Appeal Fund and to leave something of your life to posterity . |
| 3 | The slow transit rate of fibre-depleted diets is also thought to encourage the formation of these potentially dangerous substances within the body — and to leave them in contact with the gut for too long . |
| 4 | He was therefore use to give up the leadership of the BDA at this juncture and to leave it to someone of the new generation to embrace politics in order to achieve a better deal for the deaf . |
| 5 | Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that . |
| 6 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
| 7 | She wished he would walk out and leave her on her own . |
| 8 | She felt isolated in this comfortable place , but paradoxically , she also wished that these young women , with their bright faces and inane chatter , would go away and leave her in peace . |
| 9 | ‘ If I pose for a photograph will you all go away and leave me to some peace and quiet ? ’ |
| 10 | Why do n't you go away and leave me to it ? ’ |
| 11 | Good , he thought , if I really work on her she 'll go away and leave me to it . |
| 12 | She turned away impatiently , determined to swim off and leave him to it , but he slid into the water beside her and grasped her wet arm . |
| 13 | Her large eyes were fixed on him , and she wished that she could go away and leave him in peace when he had laboured for so long and so hard . |
| 14 | Why did n't Marc go away and leave it to her as he 'd suggested , if that was what he wanted ? |
| 15 | For the crew it 's the end of three hard days and nights , but at least they can now sit back and leave it to the performers . |
| 16 | And we used to stand down and leave it at that . |
| 17 | So I asked him what he was up to and he said he was going to and fro in the earth and walking up and down in it , and then he pushed th " trolley in , and I went in after , and the mother began her howling and shrieking , and Will said , " Well , I 'll walk off and leave you to it . " |
| 18 | I 'll go away and leave you to your fevered dalliances . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , Jay , ’ she said , ‘ I hate to go and leave you in this state . ’ |
| 20 | If they had any understanding or decency in them , they 'd die and leave you in peace . |
| 21 | But when the scare is over , Hazards Limited will pull out and leave you in charge . ’ |
| 22 | If she 'd hoped he would take the hint and leave her to it , she was sadly disappointed . |
| 23 | Sometimes Jack would bring Alison and leave her with Franca , or Alison would ‘ drop in ’ on Franca after seeing Pat . |
| 24 | He wanted to dissipate it and leave her with a last impression of him that was not totally unpleasant . |
| 25 | If you go out and switch her light off and leave her in the room . |
| 26 | ‘ Often they 'll kill a couple of lambs , take one at the time and leave one to be picked up later , ’ he explained . |
| 27 | You stick to your job , John , and leave me to mine . ’ |
| 28 | ’ Shut up and leave me to it . |
| 29 | Often Bernard would say ‘ Okay , you 're in charge , I 'm off , ’ and leave me to it . |
| 30 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |