Example sentences of "leaving [pers pn] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the opposite end of the spectrum there are elderly people for whom death can become an all too familiar experience as their family and friends of the same age gradually die , leaving them more and more isolated . |
| 2 | I just kept going and going , leaving you further and further behind . |
| 3 | They risk leaving him there and him going on to do damage to personal property . |
| 4 | If you 're leaving her somewhere and will be gone for some time , do n't sneak out : she 'll learn to mistrust you and crying when you leave her — even for a minute or two — becomes almost inevitable . |
| 5 | He hated leaving her there but he descended the ladder because there was nothing else he could do . |
| 6 | The outgrown armour splits and the animal pulls itself out , leaving it more or less complete , like a translucent ghost of its former self . |