Example sentences of "[conj] leave [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 But at home you might put an open packet on a bench in the greenhouse or spill some seeds , or leave them on the grass while you run to answer the phone .
3 In the summer months do n't shut your plants in a hot car or leave them in the sun while they are waiting to be loaded .
4 Or leave them in the trolley .
5 Within a few months of its publication the government had launched a huge inquiry into pensions which was to produce a series of changes — including the right of employees changing jobs to either take a pension with them , or leave it with the previous employer and have it uprated in line with the retail price index up to a maximum of 5 per cent .
6 A pair of racing shoes could lift your performance or leave you with an appealing but unnecessary extravagance .
7 When she comes to Henry VIII in her History of England , she observes that ‘ nothing can be said in his vindication , but that his abolishing Religious Houses & leaving them to the ruinous depredations of time has been of infinite use to the landscape of England in general ’ .
8 Everything goes fine until , having chosen the number of blend steps ( or leaving it at the default number ) , I click on OK .
9 AS another week begins , every working mum today has an extra worry on her mind as she drops off her children at the childminder 's or leaves them with a nanny .
10 Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council .
11 Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result .
12 Again she heard the boys ' warm approving voices , voices that left her outside the heat of that dangerous moment .
13 Not for the first time she cursed the lack of experience wth men that left her with no clue as to how to interpret what happened between them .
14 Backed by just one woman trainee officer she confronted the suspect in alley off Lawrence Road , the scene of an attack in December 1991 that left her with a smashed up face .
15 There was an edge to his comment that left her in no doubt that everything she said only confirmed the opinion he already had of her .
16 It was carved into planes of rugged indifference , though the blue eyes that blazed at Charity were filled with cynical censure that left her in no doubt that he had heard almost every word Mandy had uttered about him .
17 Of course , that left me with a large question — how could people ignore what happened to the Jews ?
18 CHELSEA defender Paul Elliott is to sue Dean Saunders and Liverpool over the tackle that left him with a severe knee injury .
19 The move came after his parents Allan and Barbara won a court ruling allowing medical staff to switch off the life support systems he had relied on since the tragic injury that left him in a persistent vegetative state .
20 The challengers have also all adopted a slightly different approach to PageMaker in that they have provided many of the creation tools within the desktop publishing program rather than leaving them to the more specialised stand-alone products .
21 I keep everything loose in glass jars ( you can wash and save any that you buy ) , which prolongs their life , rather than leaving them in the packets .
22 This is obviously far more satisfactory than leaving it to a widely dispersed class of persons each of whom may lack the skill , interest and financial resources required if he is to take action on his own .
23 To repeat , however , the interpretation of competitive strength as current strength is preferable , because it focuses the dynamic management of the group portfolio on the grid itself , rather than leaving it as an inference of the underlying analysis .
24 Worried that leaving it in the basket might suggest that she had been up to no good , the girl ran downstairs starkers with her boyfriend in hot pursuit , playfully offering to help .
25 They do n't really contribute as much as they could , so that leaves me with an awful lot of space .
26 For the crew it 's the end of three hard days and nights , but at least they can now sit back and leave it to the performers .
27 He wanted to dissipate it and leave her with a last impression of him that was not totally unpleasant .
28 If you go out and switch her light off and leave her in the room .
29 What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves .
30 Far from slaking his thirst , all his weekend with her had done was whet his appetite and leave him with a desperate craving for more .
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