Example sentences of "they [vb past] to leave the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after Yeltsin 's resignation Vyacheslav Shostakovsky read an announcement on behalf of a group of prominent Democratic Platform members to the effect that they planned to leave the CPSU in order to found their own party ; apparently this action had been triggered by the retention in the new party rules , approval on July 12 , of democratic centralism and a ban on factions . |
| 2 | Next day , Margaret went down to Midhurst to inform Miss Scrimgeour that they proposed to leave the country . |
| 3 | As they turned to leave the porters arrived , Sister following the stretcher with the patient 's folder in her hand . |
| 4 | This year everyone working for BT was sent a letter telling them the redundancy terms they were entitled to if they decided to leave the company voluntarily . |
| 5 | They decided to leave the box in the pump house until their next visit . |
| 6 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 7 | A lot of them brought bacon and eggs but you had to cook it and they had to leave the pans and things clean when they left — so it was always a rush job and all policemen suffered from bad stomachs . |