Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] leave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee Rodwell on the conflicting views that leave her feeling muddled and guilty |
| 2 | In particular , grazing molluscs leave characteristic erosions from a leaf edge ; birds , particularly the wood-pigeon , feed on clover and often leave characteristic beak-marks ; weevils remove circles of tissue , often leaving the upper epidermis intact ; sheep ( causing damage probably indistinguishable from that caused by rabbits ) remove whole leaves , leaving torn petioles or leave their bite marks on the leaflets that remain . |
| 3 | This is the 4.5-ton ‘ pod ’ , two of which are strapped to the belly of every Tornado aircraft sent out to disable an Iraqi airfield : the pod disgorges high-explosive bombs that leave craters , as well as anti-personnel bombs to complicate the task of clearing up the damage . |
| 4 | Make a slit in the side of each puff and leave to cool . |
| 5 | It also goes with the people he moves among , the ‘ circles ’ and ‘ sets ’ of The Possessed , many of whom are travellers too , and with the ‘ quintet ’ which he does n't belong to but is entangled with , which he tries to kick himself clear of , and which dumps him in that pond and leaves his cap behind . |
| 6 | This was all of a piece with his generous custom of letting his research students take full credit for collaborative research and leaving his own name off their publications . |
| 7 | She 'd invented some errands and left the two men alone . |
| 8 | After a while , Corbett nodded , handed over a few coins and left , his face wreathed in a complacent smile . |
| 9 | He said , ‘ Oh , I 'm terribly sorry , Prime Minister ’ , gave me a funny look and left . |
| 10 | ‘ The train was delayed for 224 minutes and left just after 9am eventually . ’ |
| 11 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 12 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 13 | At the quarter-mile post the Limited is only 0.3secs shy of the Integrale 's 14.9secs , but the VW 's better aerodynamics and 20.9mph per 100rpm gearing in fifth allow it to fly to an impressive 139mph top speed and leave the Lancia flailing in its wake . |
| 14 | The news will throw Tottenham 's future to fresh confusion and leave the club hoping desperately that manager Terry Venables can put together a deal to save them from collapse . |
| 15 | He went into one of the empty bedrooms and left the door open . |
| 16 | Florence Ames took off her old shoes and left them on the step . |
| 17 | An appeal to the House of Lords from a decision of the Court of Appeal can be made by the prosecution or defence if the Court of Appeal certifies that its decision raises a point of law of general public importance and leave to appeal is granted by that court or the House of Lords . |
| 18 | After several minutes the men found some cash and left . |
| 19 | The right thing is for the two counties to get together and to make a joint decision and , if necessary , to have a public inquiry or to leave it to the Minister to call the scheme in if he is not satisfied . |
| 20 | At the end of this run the river strikes a high bank and swirls into a deep , clear pool , before swinging right and left , on under the old railway bridge , down towards Neidpath Castle . |
| 21 | Brian Deane 's winner with five minutes left killed off City 's brave fightback and left Leeds unbeaten in 13 Premiership matches , while Manchester United were held to a draw by Norwich . |
| 22 | Many things had died in this room and left their stink behind . |
| 23 | Hallam 's generous gift providing leaving scholarships was finally accepted , and he himself became a Governor in October 1885 . |
| 24 | Perhaps I should mention now I mean I I I 'm not fill in questionnaire 's but it would it would be helpful if you actually did erm fill in that before you actually leave this evening and leave it on the on the table on the way out if that 's possible I think that , that information which you put on them would be useful . |
| 25 | He was therefore use to give up the leadership of the BDA at this juncture and to leave it to someone of the new generation to embrace politics in order to achieve a better deal for the deaf . |
| 26 | Mama Mosambiki deals mainly with the social and cultural relations of men and women in modern Mozambique : it criticizes , for instance , the old traditions that leave a wife with nothing after a divorce and celebrates the resilience of women in the face of men 's negative attitudes . |
| 27 | Mama Mosambiki deals mainly with the social and cultural relations of men and women in modern Mozambique : it criticizes , for instance , the old traditions that leave a wife with nothing after a divorce and celebrates the resilience of women in the face of men 's negative attitudes . |
| 28 | He lit another cigarette and left , losing his way at the end of the corridor . |
| 29 | Mr. Newman has urged us to treat the Derbyshire County Council as the public authority and leave it to the court in each individual libel action to undertake the balancing exercise of the competing interests . |
| 30 | I remember when the sheep were quite happy nibbling grass and left me alone to munch my sandwiches . |