Example sentences of "[noun] leave [pron] at " in BNC.

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1 Theories of personal development , or of the historical and sociological development of humanity , which ignore it or dispense with it , make psychoanalytic theory less advanced than it was when Freud left it at the end of his life .
2 Corbett left them at The Bull , its narrow windows draped with black crepe in mourning for the landlord whose coffin now stood outside the main door , perched rather crazily on its wooden trestles .
3 97 Squadron of Lancasters left us at the end of April to return to Coningsby in Lincolnshire , from whence they had come , and with the loss of life drastically cut down , some of the pressure and sadness lifted , to be replaced by pressure of a different kind .
4 ‘ But in any case , you had no right to leave me at that pub all night .
5 Our distinguished guests left us at Oban where we returned the following day .
6 The theory of the ISAs would indeed be very crude if Althusser left it at that but he completes the essay with a discussion of ideology , the mode in which the ISAs function .
7 Mrs Rose left him at the station and returned alone to London .
8 Paula leave it at home !
9 The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ?
10 Asserting , what was palpably untrue , that ‘ There are probably few people in India who do not sincerely regret that you should have made it impossible for any government to leave you at liberty ’ , he handed down a sentence of six years ' simple imprisonment , pointing out — the crowning touch-that the sentence was the same as that given to the nationalist hero Bal Gangadhar Tilak , twelve years before .
11 An early train from Minya left us at Roda , a country station where old taxis and barouches waited at a crossroads for fares .
12 There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end .
13 Kath left them at the lift , and as the doors closed she caught a glimpse of him crouching down and talking to the little lad , his warm brown eyes kindly and concerned .
14 Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them .
15 The bleeding persisted and Jean was very weak when Jim left her at the maternity ward .
16 Newman left it at that .
17 oh , I 've forgotten , you know my brain leaves me at the most important time , do n't forget to post that will you ?
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