Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] [prep] your [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
2 | 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 … ! |
3 | I 'll leave you to your rest . |
4 | I 'll leave you to your fate , but I warn you , tame dragons never come to any good . |
5 | ‘ I 'll leave you to your lasagne , ’ Travis was saying as she tuned back in . |
6 | ‘ I think I can leave you to your granddaughter 's care , Abuelito . |
7 | 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 ? ’ |
8 | Then I 'll leave him in your custody . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | I 'll leave it to your imagination . ’ |
11 | 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 |
12 | And at night time if you 're not back I 'll , I 'll leave it in your cupboard , you 'll know where it is . |
13 | ‘ Niall , ’ he said cheerily , ‘ those reports you wanted — I 've left them on your desk along with the X-ray plates . |
14 | And she 's a fool not to marry Stalwort and leave you on your backside . |
15 | " If you have offended against us , we leave it to your conscience . " |
16 | ‘ I leave it to your experience and courage to profit by any circumstance you may think favourable , ’ he wrote , ‘ to go out and attack the squadrons and vessels blockading at Ushant and at Belle Île [ or Belle Isle or Belleisle , in Quiberon Bay ] . |
17 | But you always leave it to your governor . |
18 | Leave it at your house and I 'll try it out and erm but Nick would n't sell it to you if he thought it was |
19 | Mark smoke half a fag and leave it on your bench to pollute the air . |
20 | Put all your valuables and extra cash in the hotel safe every day , neither leave it in your room ( hotel rooms are too easily broken into ) nor carry it around with you . |
21 | It 's probably th they 've left it on your skin . |
22 | ‘ I 'm leaving her in your care , ma'am , ’ he said . |
23 | ‘ Maybe you left it in your trolley , ’ one of the others volunteered . |
24 | So was there anything that you could do apart from leaving it to your husband ? |
25 | Was there anything you could do via means of contraception , rather than just leaving it to your husband ? |