Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to invest in anything where every day I have to worry whether my managers are going to leave me . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose if you were either one of them it would be nice but I 'd go out and say to them , ‘ David , it 's time for us to do a vocal now ’ and Angie would say , ‘ Oh , Davey Wavey , do you have to leave me now ? ’ , to which he 'd reply , ‘ Oh , Angie Pangie , I suppose I do — old Uncle Tony wants me in the studio . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You just going to leave me in here then ? ’ |
| 4 | Patient as ever , and too kind just to leave me , Mrs Knelle stood by my side , allaying my fears . |
| 5 | ( Parody : chorus to the tune of ‘ You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille ’ ) |
| 6 | You say you 're sorry to leave me |
| 7 | She did once promise to leave me something — can I get hold of her will ? |
| 8 | I got a lot of secret amusement telling her to leave me as I wanted to die . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll go out and eat , ’ she said quickly , ‘ I 'll get ready , ’ and she twisted away to the bathroom , which also served as her wardrobe , and slammed the door to leave me alone with McIllvanney and Bellybutton . |
| 10 | I was so offended I asked him to leave me alone . |
| 11 | But here he had to leave me to attend to stores which were being brought on board , and some twenty minutes later I could see the place for myself . |
| 12 | Did you tell him to leave me alone ? ’ |
| 13 | " He must have been splitting His sides when He put the idea into the marquis 's head to leave me here . |
| 14 | I pleaded with him not to leave me . |
| 15 | She added , ‘ I 'm sure it 's only because of safety in the smallest possible number , only his lawyers and my mother 's father have the address , aside from me , and I only have it because they did n't like to leave me here without one . ’ |
| 16 | On these occasions he was perfectly happy to leave me alone in the attic . |
| 17 | The upshot of this little matter was to leave me labelled as ‘ Mr X ’ — a pseudonym invented by Harold Wilson and which has attached itself to me throughout the years , but never offensively . |
| 18 | I told him to leave me , and he obeyed . |
| 19 | ABBERLEY : You 're going to leave me , are n't you ? |
| 20 | It is n't enough for you , and I hate you for it , and I want you to go before you decide to leave me , and I love you , and how am I expected to stand being cooped up with him . |
| 21 | just enough to leave me with a strange sense |
| 22 | Our house is only a flat , it 's not very long , and from the time it took my sister to leave me , go to the kitchen and tell my mum and bring her back , the baby was in my arms . |
| 23 | More often than not Ma starts me off only to leave me stranded above the waterdragon with my–backside wedged into the Young Person 's Patent Toilet Seat Adaptor ( another trophy won from the WI jumble by Pa ) . |
| 24 | I , in my turn , was surprised to find how much I was looking forward to a day on my own , and mildly surprised at my mother 's willingness to leave me to it . |
| 25 | So I have to ask you to leave me to find my peace again . |
| 26 | Perhaps he 's going to leave me to starve . |
| 27 | There was a moment 's silence , perhaps to leave me guessing . |
| 28 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 29 | Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready . |
| 30 | Why did you have to leave me all alone down here ? ’ |