Example sentences of "leaving [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As schools increase in their heterogeneity , those that serve areas where there is a concentration of disadvantage will watch helpless as the more motivated , more able , more ambitious children move to the favoured schools , leaving them to cope with the rest , and worse , suffer the ignominy of having their results on national tests published , protected only by a general statement from the local authority , indicating ‘ the nature of socio-economic and other influences which are known to affect schools ’ ( Task Group on Assessment and Testing , para 134 ) . |
| 2 | Then suddenly she was gone , leaving me to ponder along the unpredictable and intractable nature of language as a medium of communication . |
| 3 | He threw himself at me and I jumped to one side , leaving him to fall on the deck . |
| 4 | Making Iris voice carefully casual , he asked : ‘ Does n't he ever ask where you 're going when you sneak out on Sunday afternoons leaving him to look after the child ? ’ |
| 5 | He went quickly into the drawing-room , leaving her to return to the hot flurry of the kitchen . |
| 6 | Hope asked his question silently , merely an abstract , puzzled look , leaving her to wade through the potential embarrassment . |
| 7 | When she was twenty-two her mother died , leaving her to look after the family , including an invalid father . |