Example sentences of "and leave [pron] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One partial solution to the problem of accounting for intra-regional cross-boundary flows would be to allocate resources to authorities taking no account of the cross-boundary flows and to leave them to take the responsibility of paying for their own residents treated elsewhere … there would be far more flexibility for the Area planners to arrange health care for their population . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I 'd clear off and leave you to face the music , ’ he had sneered . |
| 3 | He gave her a look of amused speculation and she was glad to sit in her corner and leave him to get the drinks . |
| 4 | He hoped the young man would relapse into muteness and leave him to read the privilege and privacy imbedded in this landscape , to note the pampered thoroughbreds grazing beyond the fences and glimpse their owners ' residences tucked down driveways discreetly screened by firs . |
| 5 | It would be very simple to tell him everything and leave him to unscramble the truth contained in the confusion . |
| 6 | But the disparity lies less in tone than in technique : like rather a lot of modern movies , Bye Bye Blues lacks the capacity to formulate its material rather than just present it to the audience and leave them to do the rest . |
| 7 | ‘ It was the time they started sending memos out to referees , and I said straight why did n't they just get on with administration and leave us to do the bloody job on the field . |
| 8 | Others may diverge into recent developments of part of the subject and leave you to read the well-established sections . |
| 9 | You know I think we 've gone over it long enough and leave it to see the er |
| 10 | Spread a 3mm thick layer of Ronstrip over the painted wood and leave it to dissolve the paint . |
| 11 | These kids was coming at us once and six of them grabbed hold of me and when I turned round all the others had fucked off and left me to get a kicking … |
| 12 | Because of that , I have merely pointed out incontrovertible facts , and left them to draw the inevitable conclusions . ’ |
| 13 | But ‘ No , ’ he repeated , just that , and left her to work the rest of it out . |
| 14 | A waiter led her to the table she 'd booked downstairs , and left her to study the menu . |
| 15 | I 'm not trying to cast any blame here but handed over allocations on Innsbruck to at one time yeah and left us to carry the ball cos she sort of withdrew at one time |
| 16 | When correcting a question , it is not satisfactory to give without comment , a mark such as 10/20 ; this only irritates the student and leaves him/her to guess the reason for the loss of marks from the printed solutions ; and often the guess will be incorrect . |