Example sentences of "leave [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman Garry Gibson said yesterday : ‘ Baker wants to leave for personal and not professional reasons . |
| 2 | ( One of the very few to leave for other employment was Emily Picken , who had been offered a post as matron of a children 's home . |
| 3 | Did any of these would-be overseas students wish to leave for political reasons ? |
| 4 | As she prepared to leave for one of her foraging expeditions , Sycorax would poke up at her and hiss , ‘ Do n't let them see what you pick ! |
| 5 | Captain Henrick Kurt Carlsen waves from the Flying Enterprise , which he refused to leave for seven days in 1951 as it foundered in the Channel after a storm . |
| 6 | Captain Henrick Kurt Carlsen waves from the Flying Enterprise , which he refused to leave for seven days in 1951 as it foundered in the Channel after a storm . |
| 7 | Now it was there that we became separated , I developed a very bad throat and could not fly , just before we were ready to leave for overseas as in his crew and the other crews that were there went on whereas I got held back and of course the way I feel about it is that that week that I got held back , saved my life . |
| 8 | He also confirms that a heavy goods vehicle has just been loaded and is about to leave for another customer in Tamworth . |
| 9 | In the last two years the Sudbury auto parts factory has allowed 300 workers to leave through voluntary redundancy or early retirement , said Mr Hull . |
| 10 | To leave after two years . |
| 11 | So why did she decide to leave after all ? |
| 12 | As the sea level rose in Post-glacial times two conflicting physical processes took place : a tendency for the sea to invade the area and to leave behind extensive deposits of marine silt and a tendency for a large-scale development of peat in the districts furthest away from the sea . |
| 13 | The NCC also believes that when bailiffs seize goods from people who are in arrears with the Council Tax which will replace the Community Charge , they should be obliged to leave behind essential items such as clothing , bedding , furniture and cookers . |
| 14 | Each hardware advance has dramatically improved processing , storage , and display capabilities of equipment , but new systems continue to leave behind earlier ones . |
| 15 | The SED underlined its willingness to leave behind old structures and traditions by abolishing both the politburo and the central committee . |
| 16 | The SED underlined its willingness to leave behind old structures and traditions by abolishing the politburo and the central committee . |
| 17 | She was to leave behind three of the youngest children , the last a ‘ sickly babe ’ born less than six months before their departure ; they were to take with them only their eldest son , John Henry , who was by then seven years old , and Mrs Gould 's nephew , Henry Coxen , whom the couple had taken on when his father died in 1825 . |
| 18 | She must be strong to leave like that , to make plans for leaving and carry them out . |
| 19 | Something for the weekend , sir , she said , stopping him just as he was about to leave with another young man — you see she 'd noticed that they had n't talked before going off together , they 'd just started kissing and were going to drag each other home without discussing anything , and they were young , really young , eighteen . |
| 20 | It put a bit of life back into her and she was able to leave with more dignity than she had felt on arrival as Felipe politely held her chair and said adiós to the still intrigued customers . |
| 21 | But as he was about to leave with 191 other seriously ill youngsters on the charity Dreamflight to Florida , Christopher lost his sight . |
| 22 | Could you have a refund of contributions if you were to leave within two years ? |
| 23 | Now they 're faced with a court order that could force them to leave within 28 days . |
| 24 | Now they 're faced with a court order that could force them to leave within 28 days . |
| 25 | When the Shah realized that his hosts family was at such risk , said Marenches , he agreed to leave within three weeks . |
| 26 | ‘ I sincerely hope people are n't going to leave from either camp , ’ she said . |
| 27 | And the person who had sorted it together at Birmingham made sure that the next stop it was at , the waggons would be at the back end to leave in that town and this is what my father was doing by er er shunting as it was called , or making a train up to go from Nottingham to London , or some other place in the country , with up to fifty or sixty trucks behind it and they did n't want the trucks next to the engine to be dropped off at the first place and having to shove and push about in their marshalling yard . |
| 28 | Eventually , on July 15 , he left the armed forces and returned to the government as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs ( to leave in late November in order to participate actively in the FPP ) . |
| 29 | Miss Johansen is due to leave in five weeks . |
| 30 | Cyclist Robin Rutherford said he and his friends plan to leave in early June and expect to complete the ride within a fortnight . |