Example sentences of "leave [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 2 | So they progressed back again , Sir George clutching the letters , Maud the opened cocoon of linen and silk , and Roland the three dolls , out of some vague fancy that it was cruel to leave them in the dark . |
| 3 | I probably ought n't to leave them in the car too long . ’ |
| 4 | And then little did he know when he used to leave them in the house , in the back yard , that we 'd been pinching some of them . |
| 5 | I recall many years ago a lot of people used to go on bicycles and they used to leave them in the front of those houses that are just in . |
| 6 | Dressed up and I used to take them and I used to leave them in the kitchen and the the head kitchen maid er the head kitchen maid w went and took them in . |
| 7 | to leave them in the cleaners ? |
| 8 | Do you like it straight out the fridge , well , I left it in the fridge , first of all , said oh get the , get the cheeses out , and I said , no I want to leave them in the fridge , I want those nice and cool . |
| 9 | Unfortunately I 'm going to be busy for most of today lecturing to a group of Japanese businessmen , so I 'll have to leave you in the hands of my assistant . |
| 10 | I 'm not going to leave you in the lurch . |
| 11 | As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond . |
| 12 | It was crossing their minds that it might be safer to leave him in the car , but they had to consider whether they could trust him not to steal it . |
| 13 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 14 | Unable to find anyone to care for Beru while they were in hospital , they asked a tradesman to leave her in the mountains ‘ to die naturally ’ . |
| 15 | Other stories about Dic , Little Dick the Carpenter — how he never got to a rugby match because there were too many pubs on the way , how he was burnt all over in a pit explosion , wrapped in bandages so that only his eyes and nostrils showed through — and bathed slowly back to health by his daughters who poured olive oil over him all the time , how he took his daughter Cecilia ( Cis ) to eisteddfods because he loved to hear her sing but how she pleaded with him ‘ not to stop anywhere and not to leave her in the hall ’ . |
| 16 | The male did not bother her at all after spawning , so I was able to leave her in the Mbuna colony until she was ‘ near term ’ — and all the fry were this time normal — all 120+ of them . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course nothing can be formally arranged just at this present , ’ went on Miss Merchiston , and Theda almost laughed out to see the burgeoning hope in the poor man 's face , ‘ for with dear Mama in this sad condition , I could not reconcile it with my conscience to leave her in the care of other hands . |
| 18 | In 1973 the Ladies ' Committee concerned itself with this seat reporting ‘ It was a pity to leave it in the wet even if only there for the time being ’ . |
| 19 | Only competent sailors can take advantage of the mast track , so if you are still mastering other techniques it is best to leave it in the middle and forget about it . |
| 20 | ‘ Sacrilege , then , to leave it in the font in the Cathedral . |
| 21 | Dan had n't had the sense to leave it in the shade . |
| 22 | because I might want to play somewhere else anyway get caught , I just tend to leave it in the car . |
| 23 | But why do you have to leave it in the fridge ? |
| 24 | When I read the recipe it turned out I have to leave it in the fridge over night , so we ca n't have it |
| 25 | I do n't want to leave it in the car . |
| 26 | So where does it leave them in the title race ? |
| 27 | So Jesus does n't leave them in the fold . |
| 28 | The advice from police is : If you have valuables do n't leave them in the car . |
| 29 | You can leave them in the trolley . |
| 30 | Yeah I 'm not , do n't tell them , I 'm not gon na leave them in the sink all day while you decide if you 're going to eat it or not |