Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] [prep] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cora-Beth had told him the night before that there were letters and cards awaiting him from England , all of which had ‘ Not To Be Opened Until 5 Jan. ’ on the envelopes , so she had extracted a promise from him to leave them on his bedside table until this morning .
2 ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother .
3 Related is the case with Sarastro 's stern announcement ‘ wenn ich dich ihren Händen liesse ’ ( ‘ [ you would be deprived of happiness ] were I to leave you in her hands ’ ) : here , as shown in ex.2f , Mozart underlines an emphatic crescendo to the climax of the phrase with the word ‘ staccato ’ ( in the left upper corner ) and decisive strokes in violins and basses .
4 Mrs McRobert said that Say continued to threaten to take his own life , blaming his wife 's decision to leave him for his predicament .
5 Leopold made Stockmar promise never to leave him after his wife , Princess Charlotte , died in childbirth in 1817 at Claremont near Windsor .
6 It was better to leave her with her dreams , Nessie later told Kevin .
7 I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later .
8 ‘ I was going to leave it on your desk for you to find tomorrow morning , but it 's much more satisfactory to deliver it in person . ’
9 Then it was that , with him towering over her , she took a step back and observed that Naylor Massingham must have some highly confidential papers in his briefcase since , evidently not trusting to leave it in his car , he had chosen to bring it up to her flat with him .
10 D' you think that the Government in Calcutta is prepared to leave us to our fate ?
11 ‘ You ca n't leave them to their fate ! ’
12 If you have any further donations of clothes and intend passing them onto Jean at Church would you either leave them in your car boot or give Jean a call first , so she can pick them up … !
13 He 's going , Jo , do n't leave me on my head all night , and I 'm going , shut up !
14 I 'll leave you to your rest .
15 I 'll leave you to your fate , but I warn you , tame dragons never come to any good .
16 ‘ I 'll leave you to your lasagne , ’ Travis was saying as she tuned back in .
17 ‘ I think I can leave you to your granddaughter 's care , Abuelito .
18 She looked away and Trent thought for a moment that she would leave it alone , but then she looked back and asked quickly , to get it out , ‘ Did your mother leave him for your father ? ’
19 We will leave him to his nurse . ’
20 ‘ I have to go , so I must leave him in your hands .
21 Then I 'll leave him in your custody . ’
22 Erm they will leave it to their practice manager and the practice manager will do his or her her best to list out as many businesses which with they have links or are local .
23 If you do elect to have a full structural survey you can , of course , leave it to your building society or bank to select a surveyor for you , and you need never come in contact with him .
24 I 'll leave it to your imagination . ’
25 Then , sir , they were much obliged , and we 'll leave it to you chaps while you , Jimmy , come with me to the cottage and talk with Mr Mackay there .
26 You wan na leave it with me Alan do you ?
27 Could just leave it on his desk but he might not come up here .
28 I 'll leave it in her in-tray , shall I ? ’
29 for me to sign , I said I 'm sorry I 'm not signing them and I would n't sign any of them and he went back and he said alright then we 'll leave it in your husband 's name , I said yes you 'd better had cos he still owns the house , yet all those bills have come through , I 've had water rates come through in my name , I 've had the electricity come through it 's in my name , the only one bill that was never in his name , never has been is the telephone and that 's included
30 And at night time if you 're not back I 'll , I 'll leave it in your cupboard , you 'll know where it is .
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