Example sentences of "and then leave it " in BNC.
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| 1 | That God created the world and then left it to a forsaken humanity , trying to address Him in an echoless void — this idea is n't new . |
| 2 | Having iced the cake with a plain layer of royal icing and then left it to dry , I have made copies of small pressed flower pictures both on the top , as a centrepiece , and with small sprays around the sides of the cake . |
| 3 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 4 | " He 'd have had to have opened the door and then left it open when he reset the alarms . |
| 5 | So I was mentally on my toes as I took a floater into the city and then left it , mingling with all the pedestrians thronging the walkways . |
| 6 | ‘ Shit , ’ he said to the empty room , and then left it to chew on the idea . |
| 7 | I s I , I never really played with Windows , I just installed it to do the job of running this one application and then left it alone . |
| 8 | A stallion that behaves in the same way is psychologically more threatening to us , but it is best to respond with tact — to stroke the horse briefly and then to leave it in peace . |
| 9 | Holt can and does believe that children should have them as adults do , and then leaves it up to the child to decide whether or not to exercise them . |
| 10 | We follow the river , very easy going , and then leave it to go uphill through very deep snow that means we have to push the sledges rather than ride them . |
| 11 | I was told : ‘ Set the right angle and then leave it , do not disturb it . ’ |
| 12 | I ca n't believe anyone would be stupid enough to trail a wire on to power cables and then leave it lying around for someone to touch . ’ |
| 13 | The garter carriage can be used to knit a ribbed welt , but always remember that if you set the garter carriage to knit a 24 row welt and then leave it , that is all it will achieve . |
| 14 | and then leave it and go and do something else . |
| 15 | If we could be sure that everyone in the community was equally generous , it might be possible to finance social services by announcing how much it would cost to run the Health Service per head in the coming year and then leave it to individuals to post an appropriate sum to their local health authority . |
| 16 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 17 | So you 're talking a month yeah , but you see , they may take a hundred in one go and then leave it a month or so . |
| 18 | He says , how can you cut a , and make a model and then leave it ? |
| 19 | She just puts March ninety eight and then leave it at that . |
| 20 | Well , you can bi what I tend to is is get a coat on er , first thing in the morning , another coat in the afternoon and then leave it for a week . |
| 21 | Shall we try it again quickly , and then leave it . |