Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are still growing , it is best to leave them on the plant . |
| 2 | On the one hand he was supposedly an inferior being , with anti-social habits and disgusting personality traits ; on the other hand he possessed a superior intelligence and sufficient group solidarity to leave him on the verge of world domination . |
| 3 | SOMETHING is severely wrong with our support services if a confused woman feels that the only thing she can do with her newborn child is to leave it on a golf course in freezing conditions . |
| 4 | Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months . |
| 5 | A shilling there or something , used to leave it on the top of the dustbin when she |
| 6 | Now I 've got some tables in the car , and if you 'd like me to fetch them during break , I 'll , I 'll leave them on the table for you . |
| 7 | For suppose that the disuse of meat causes a permanent distaste for it , and that an increased demand for fish continues long enough to enable the forces by which its supply is governed to work out their action fully ( of course oscillation from day to day and from year to year would continue : but we may leave them on the side ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll leave them on the mat inside the door so you can change into them , then your clogs wo n't wake me up from my nap . |
| 9 | They were not going to fight any more , and we decided we must leave them on the island . |
| 10 | He said he would leave me on the wing as long as me and my girlfriend did n't twos-up with each other [ visit one another 's cells during the association period ] . |
| 11 | And do n't leave me on the side , |
| 12 | Please will you reply , otherwise I will leave you on the station and tell my friend 's mother that you are not coming with me after all . |
| 13 | No access to the Internet can leave you on the outside looking in , ignorance of the Internet means you do not even know there is a window on this information world . |
| 14 | " Did he leave you on the boat ? " |
| 15 | I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit . |
| 16 | ‘ When instinct tells me a dog would be better off with me than people who might just leave it on the motorway , I have to bite my tongue , but I 'm noted for being blunt . |
| 17 | I can leave it on the stove or take if off , and either way it wo n't be the same as it would be if we ate it now . ’ |
| 18 | we have to pay for it About the did n't leave it on the living , kitchen table . |
| 19 | Now one day , you ca n't leave it on the hob , one day we were sitting here and I do n't normally , if I put anything on I sit in there rea you 've seen me go in on a Sunday |
| 20 | I mean , when you can get Dick Tracy for free you 'll take it , but when you have to pay £10 for it you 'll leave it on the shelf . |
| 21 | If , you know , finding a site for a new settlement is an acceptable way forward , but I , let's leave it on the shelf for now . |
| 22 | The food faddists , he warns , ‘ would leave us on a diet of nuts and cabbage — and then find too much salt in the nuts ’ . |
| 23 | Every time I go int bank they , just leave them on t' counter , they 've been there weeks and weeks . |
| 24 | Leave them on the shore . |
| 25 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 26 | I just do all my glasses first , and leave them on the draining board |
| 27 | And leave them on the front . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | And then leave them on the rack . |
| 30 | and leave them on the rack and |