Example sentences of "and leave [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that . |
| 2 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
| 3 | And we used to stand down and leave it at that . |
| 4 | What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves . |
| 5 | But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that . |
| 6 | ‘ Is n't it enough to look at the work I 've produced and leave it at that ? ’ |
| 7 | Some guy might walk past and say , ‘ Hey , you look nice today ’ , and leave it at that . |
| 8 | If you are not sure of the answers , say so , and leave it at that . |
| 9 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
| 10 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 11 | You could take their word for it and leave it at that . |
| 12 | Do n't just look at it and think to yourself ‘ That 's a jug ’ and leave it at that . |
| 13 | I 'd rather not talk to the guests much beforehand simply because I find it works better just to say hello , and thanks for coming , and leave it at that . |
| 14 | Anyway , Michael said that if he had one he 'd settle for peeling off the Carlsson stickers and the other red flashes down the sides and leave it at that . |
| 15 | and leave it at that . |
| 16 | When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you . |
| 17 | Let's just say it seems a bit questionable and leave it at that . ’ |
| 18 | Call me old-fashioned , but I think a lot of American actors just do a sort of swagger and leave it at that . |
| 19 | Did he write col basso in the score and leave it at that ? |
| 20 | But we can simply say ‘ hello ’ , and leave it at that . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to pry into your affairs , but you did ring me and you ca n't just say you 're going away and leave it at that . ’ |
| 22 | This suggestion , that stylistics should characterize comparatively the language or style of texts and leave it at that , would seem to constitute a sort of minimal claim for the relevance of linguistics to the study of literature . |
| 23 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |
| 24 | Buy a bottle at five to two and leave it at two o'clock . |
| 25 | you might as well buy it and leave it at home . |
| 26 | Many must have signed and left it at that . |
| 27 | Another reason to be wary of explaining linguistic differences as products of gender roles , and leaving it at that , is that such a proceeding just encourages stereotyping . |
| 28 | In general , people not actually involved in it saw the Council as the beginning of a new ecclesial era rather than a way of concluding some long-standing issues and leaving it at that , yet the Council 's documents remain for nearly all Catholics the most authoritative Church teaching of this century , beside which even papal encyclicals have comparatively slight standing . |
| 29 | Ian came with us part of the way , so we took two cars and left ours at the finishing point and Ian 's at the entrance to the track . |
| 30 | Now he had vanished , and left nothing at all behind . |