Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the size of the factory , there were no nursery facilities and mothers were sometimes forced to bring in their young children and leave them in the cloakrooms all day . |
| 2 | In a democratic society , this means that the public needs to have a basic understanding of science , so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts . |
| 3 | 6 assorted jars of chutney , unused ( I do n't know about you but I seem to accumulate chutney , pickles , lemon curd , etc. , faster than I can demolish it and rather than throw it away when useless , I 'd prefer to give it a good home — the best way of all is to sneak the jars into the National Trust shop at your local Hall or Towers and leave them among the chutneys already there ) |
| 4 | Leave 'em to the scientists ! ’ |
| 5 | We leave it to the Boys , |
| 6 | So they leave it to the ones who do n't recognise degradation when they see it — I 've been a social worker , I know about these people — women too stupid and disorganised to — ‘ |
| 7 | Leave it to the Greeks , and you 'll never get a Crusade . |
| 8 | Now I just leave it to the professionals . ’ |
| 9 | Leave it to the experts . ’ |
| 10 | The King approved of this decision , and indeed Lord Stamfordham wrote a memorandum which revealed that the King had seen Balfour on 8 December and told him that , ‘ If Mr Baldwin wishes to resign , the King will refuse , on the grounds that he is still the head of the largest Party in the House of Commons and for every reason , constitutional and otherwise , it would be right and proper for the Government to meet Parliament and leave it to the representatives of the people to decide whether or not they will support the Government . ’ |
| 11 | Leave it to the intellectuals to deride romance novels . |
| 12 | Leave it to the police , he says . |
| 13 | I leave it to the readers to draw their own conclusions intelligently . |
| 14 | They may , and often do , leave it to the debtors to see if they can procure the additional security . |
| 15 | Hakim was used to transactions where ‘ all parameters are not known , you leave it for the times that things are known ’ , but this business proceeded on a plane that was ‘ intangible ’ . |
| 16 | Leave it for the beneficiaries . |
| 17 | He 'd just rob us and tie us up and leave us for the wolves , I expect . ’ |