Example sentences of "[adv] leave [pron] [det] " in BNC.

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1 When he had learnt that Miss Alicia Lockwood , whom he considered one of the most charming and fascinating old dears he had ever met , had been mad enough to leave him half her beautiful and fantastic house , for one wild and quixotic moment Matthew had thought of refusing the legacy .
2 On 16 December Hoare returned to London , but was not well enough to leave his own house .
3 Seb had always had an instinct for whether or not something was likely to make money , but now he was required to record farm profit and expenditure for Christian it was not enough to leave it all to Carrie .
4 " She 's left me some money and all her furniture and things , " Sara went on , " but she 's only left me half the house . "
5 Just remember that the invisible spiritual force that makes them work is evil and harmful , so leave them all well alone .
6 Let's just leave it that music has wings , that song floats free even through prison bars .
7 Their campaign , while never likely to overhaul the incumbent , was affected by the withdrawal of Richard Denton-White — the new candidate was only chosen in February and this , the party felt , did not leave her enough time to build up a significant level of ‘ voter-familiarity ’ .
8 Second , you should try and incorporate your questions into the interview as it goes along and not leave them all to the end .
9 Of many cup-painters the greatest , perhaps , with Onesimos , is one who worked regularly with a potter Brygos but has not left his own name , so the Brygos Painter .
10 Unless you just leave us all here to die . ’
11 I think about how I could get dressed up and go out somewhere , for a couple of hours , and just leave it all , because I get so sick of it sometimes …
12 No he he just left it that was the one I took out and cut he got it mm mm mm mm lovely boy is n't it funny that I see
13 It is because there is so much potential in individuals that even the largest degree of stretch that we can put on them still leaves plenty more capacity , provided it is applied gradually , like stretching elastic ; and I believe this is a prime feature of an organization which utilizes the skills of its people .
14 And er a and then they 'd go , they 'd , they 'd , if the mother was strong healthy and everything was going alright they 'd probably leave it another month before they went .
15 ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep .
16 So they could n't leave them all standing outside .
17 But do n't leave them all out .
18 She could n't leave them any money because all she had was an annuity that would come to an end when she died , but Mister Johnny 's got a little bit that his parents left him and Hepzibah makes some from the poultry , so they should have just enough .
19 He was a strange , rather lonely man with a lonely job that was highly pressured and did n't leave him any time to make friends or indulge in theatre gossip .
20 " If you put it like that , you do n't leave me much choice . "
21 but of course that does n't leave me much to talk about , becau , however he managed to go on for about ten minutes
22 Would n't leave me all through the following night as I worked on the glass .
23 Do n't leave me this time .
24 It 's a compromise between the straight-ahead disco that guarantees a toehold in the charts — the retread of Never Can Say Goodbye is a rather cheap cash-in on the success of Do n't Leave Me This Way — and the more varied explorations where their hearts probably lie .
25 ‘ Do n't leave your own people behind , Karim . ’
26 Erm so if erm she does n't leave it any later than Monday , if she gets in touch with the parish priests would be very grateful .
27 Could n't leave it any later . ’
28 We spent a wonderful week together and have agreed we wo n't leave it another eight years before we meet again .
29 I need these log sheets cos they did n't leave us any log sheets .
30 Yet not only had she not said anything but as far as he 'd been able to ascertain she had n't left him any lunch .
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