How To Use Leave In A Sentence

He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
We berate those who cross the line and leave the immature and underdeveloped open to the physical abuse of contact and collision sports.
Alaric got a bit annoyed at how long we took to leave becuase of the guinea pigs - I didn't know weather to be sympathetic or laugh when he got narky about it :/ Snell-Pym » Guinea Pigs!
It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.

He is a bit upset by that, that anybody thought he was wanting to leave just for one half-time where I was more direct with the players than I have been for a few months.
They put out a plan that adds up, leaves no ox ungored and should shut up anyone who says the deficit can be contained by cutting waste, fraud, abuse and foreign aid. Two Tests of a Gridlock Mentality
Deep navy, in contrast, is less demanding, and leaves a bit more colour in a blonde's cheeks.
Our spa facials will leave you with clean skin that glows with the freshness of youth.
The constable was on leave and wearing civilian clothes.
You can boil some brown rice and leave to cool for tomorrow. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
In the spring, you will be letting the leaves wilt on their own and dry up.
Heat will only leave the container by radiation, convection and conduction if the temperature of the container is higher than the surroundings.
They now leave the door open so that Carol Ann can go in there on her own and have a whiz.
As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland
I even dragged my acrophobic mother up mountains in the Auvergne, only to leave her quivering halfway up while I persevered alone to the top.
It was mid autumn and the leaves were already starting to swirl around me as a harsher wind blew, creating almost a curtain of color each time the breeze came.
The law is there for you but for safety get expert advice before you tell him to leave. The Sun
In the Mhow area of India, where it is common practice to feed goats on the leaves of trees gathered in the forest, an experiment was conducted with uncastrated male goats aged about 14 months and weighing some 25 kg. Chapter 6
Allow the soup to sit for at least half an hour and then strain out all the vegetables to leave a clear broth. Times, Sunday Times
Leave it to Yeezy to put together the year's most eclectic rap collab.
Leave the inner tent door open a fraction, even if you don't have mesh.
The Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves.
Fifteen would pay Moroni and save him and Charlie from jail, but fifteen would still leave him and Hank on the breadline. FINAL RESORT
She seems happy, but it leaves me feeling dissatisfied. Times, Sunday Times
Urging fellow MPs to buy ozone-friendly products, she said failure to do so would leave the world without an ozone layer. ANC Daily News Briefing
They usually leave this live breaking stuff to the cable news networks these days.
This leaves a pigment in your skin. The Sun
A new EU directive on maternity leave will come into force next month.
_Phyllocactus_ in having the branches dilated into the form of fleshy leaves, but differ in haying them divided into short truncate leaf-like portions, which are articulated, that is to say, provided with a joint by which they separate spontaneously; the margins are crenate or dentate, and the flowers, which are large and showy, magenta or crimson, appear at the apex of the terminal joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Politeness is not always the sign of wisdom, but the want of it always leaves room for the suspicion of folly.
Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen transforms plain chickpea flour into a steaming hot bowl of Methi Pitla with the addition of a handful of aromatic methi leaves. Archive 2007-04-01
But why would you want to leave all that fame, Mr. Presley?
I'm saving all my leave to have a long holiday later in the year.
This was their fourth defeat in a row and leaves them mired in the bottom three. Times, Sunday Times
John Malkovich's clever turn as the trainer Lucien Laurin leavens the earnest material. The Short List: A Guide to This Week's Arts and Entertainment
Our pupils and students leave schools and universities after an incredibly narrow diet of education compared with their international counterparts. Times, Sunday Times
Forget about the digital divide - it's the domestic divide that really cleaves this country in two.
If slipping into your jammies and turning off the lights isn't enough to give you mental refreshment, or if stress and anxiety leave your brain a mess, try one of these mental-acuity agents.
We had the tradition of preserving food and drink for long time consumption, by watching when the leaves began to fall and when there were changes happening to Nature.
One morning, while visiting in a Blackfoot Indian camp, I saw the men smoking kinnikinick leaves, and I asked if they had any legend concerning the shrub. Wild Life on the Rockies
This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin.
Engine immobilisers and sophisticated locks leave many careless owners carless.
Only the leaves of the plant are edible.
Yet a combined diploma and degree system leaves room to move up the hierarchy and enjoy career progress. Times, Sunday Times
He made a poor joke or two and an excuse to leave. Times, Sunday Times
This leaves the ‘old school economic policies’ of dollar devaluation and deficit financing to help reflate the economy and fend off deflation and boost exporters.
And if you still get midday shine, mattify it by dabbing on a weightless powder that won't leave skin caked.
In his book Reading, Writing, and the Hickory Stick, Dr. Irwin Hyman says that all of these punitive practices can leave a child with serious long-term aftereffects. How to Talk so Kids Can Learn
She was unhappy there, but loath to leave the security of a job and new friends. Times, Sunday Times
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 first signs of spring - centre piece of the month february pick whatever flowers you get at the supermarket to make this little basket filled with flowers. ranunculus are my favourites and available all over the place at the moment, so i chose to put them into this flowery centrepiece. the orchid is quite fancy but you just really need one to pimp this up (and it keeps for ever!). a rose or two, some ivy and green leaves from the forest and you are all set. to get started line a basket with some foil and trim on the edges. soak some floral foam in water and place in the basket, when soaked wet (can be really, really wet - it will have to work as a vase to the flowers), eventually cut and trim the floral on the edges, so that it resembles an arch. trim flowers and green leaves and stick into pot. start doing so on the bottom of foam, working upwards until you have an even flowery centrepiece. make sure foam stays moist - adding some water from time to time. Archive 2008-02-01
Pisonia has large leaves and could be said to look similar to crotons except without the yellow and red colours.
Huccome you leave Miss Pitty by herseff lak dis w'en she so scary lak?
The houfes of the town of Puna are built on pofts ten or twelve feet high, into which they go up by ladders, and are thatched with palmeto-leaves: the like contriv - ance I have feen among the Malayans in the Eaft Indies. A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America
A reaction induced on the laboratory bench may, like yeast in inert dough, leaven the whole of mankind, lightening and lifting it to heights undreamed of by its ancestors. The Contribution of Creative Chemistry to the Humanities
The Norwegian's header across goal seemed to leave Arveladze with an unmissable chance, but Culkin made a brave stop and was extremely unlucky that the rebound fell to Reyna, who scored from six yards.
A common arrangement is the positioning of single leaves spirally up the stem, which can sometimes form a striking helical pattern in the shoot apex.
When her character (played by Winona Ryder) leaves the psychiatric institution never to return, the film takes a turn toward the tear-jerker.
In his hurry to leave the room, he tripped over a chair.
The so-called psyche or butterfly is generated from caterpillars which grow on green leaves, chiefly leaves of the raphanus, which some call crambe or cabbage. The History of Animals
Tax cuts will leave more in people 's pockets to spend and $1 trillion of infrastructure investment will reinforce demand for labour for a decade. Times, Sunday Times
Her name means happiness, but she is a widow with five children who makes ends meet by washing clothes for the neighbourhood and preparing injera, the unleavened bread prepared today as it was 1000 years ago.
From early spring to late fall, he will leave his apartment, limp across the street and coax whoever is willing to play patty-cake with him until the bus arrives.
Seal it all in plastic kitchen wrap, and leave untouched for at least a week to 10 days.
Let's pile up the fallen leaves in the corner and sweep up the floor.
They also tell him that he can never leave, since that risks jeopardizing the setup for them all.
The crunch leaves of autumn had shrivelled and the sun was a lazy, dusky peach colour.
She had often told others that they would be the ones to skip off and leave her; they would be the ones to ignore her over the boy.
The best solution is to prepare the cuttings, then leave them in a cool, shady place for half an hour. The Sun
Wednesday's 5-0 council vote may leave bruises on largely white Portland, but the tone was less anti-immigrant than when a 2007 attempt to rename multiethnic and blue-collar Interstate Avenue was scrapped. Undefined
Shy leaves hide under their brethren as the icy chill dives and chases each one like a predator feasting on a school of fish.
Go through the usual bedtime routine, say goodnight and leave the room.
Many women leave their heads uncovered. Times, Sunday Times
Several years ago a purchased plant threw out some seeds and we had one or two of this striking biennial with their felty leaves and vertical stalk of blooms for a short time. UT Blooms Days June 2008 « Fairegarden
Growing in part shade, the clusters of pure white bell-shaped flowers look their best as the sun moves from them and they are left to give a patch of light in front of a dark-leaved heuchera.
However, it is hardly an unsolvable mystery: remember that there were plants with sap, leaves, seeds, spores and pollen in the Paleozoic, long before flowering plants appeared.
Why do you have to go to law school and live with your girlfriend and leave me behind to languish and molder in this cursed workplace?
Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.
Q WHY are the new leaves on my laurel curly and white? The Sun
That's what I call a thoroughly grammatical lady," said Sal, looking after her until a turn in the road hid her from view, "and I shall try to be resigned, though the vital spark leaves this house when Mary goes. The English Orphans
He is like the showy orchis, or the lady's-slipper, or the shooting star among plants, -- a stranger to all but the few; and when an American poet says cuckoo, he must say it with such specifications as to leave no doubt what cuckoo he means, as Lowell does in his "Nightingale in the Study:" -- The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
Maybe the bisection would leave a piece of his land isolated and far from any overpass, and how, the farmer wanted to know, was he supposed to get across that highway with a tractor? Interstate 69
I wouldn't care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance. I wouldn't care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal.
Other student-poets cleaved to the justified left margin; still others wrote in paragraphs.
At this point any remaining modern artists and aestheticians will now take their leave.
Sketch pale write, when you leave me after the story.
Did it leave me seething with anger? Times, Sunday Times
At the best of times, science leaves me with a quizzical expression on my face and a less than articulate ‘eh?’
The employee needs to probe deeply and almost overcommunicate why they wanted to leave and see if it will change in the future," says Peter Vergano, senior manager of human-resources strategic staffing for Samsung Electronics Americas. When to Take a Counteroffer From Your Employer
Sunset found me in the cove, not hidden by the leaves as before, but sitting in the boat astrand. A Trip to Venus
She had to leave school aged 16 and worked in a tax office and as an assistant stage manager for a theatre group. Times, Sunday Times
Lindgren said mulch can be organic (such as composted grass or leaves) or inorganic (such as plastic). News from www.nptelegraph.com
Features include alerts so you know when they arrive at or leave school. The Sun
But, more likely, he has decided it is less of a PR risk to leave a journalist eating a solitary crab pasty in the drizzle than to be trapped alone with her and - God forbid - a tongue-loosening bottle of wine.
He wins himself an Academy Award and leaves the public with an eerie image of electrotherapy. Can Magnets Enhance Your Mood?
To say how prisoners spend their time on leave is up to individuals is totally unacceptable. The Sun
For shame, Barnet! what ninnis, what hartless raskles, you must beleave them to be, — in the fust plase, to fancy that you are a politticle genus; in the secknd, to let your politix interfear with their notiums about littery merits! The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
Most kids are drawing perfect ovals while others leave it blank.
People have called me "alm" as in "alms for the poor" in the past, and I thought it was funny how I read it in my head one way and everyone else had it differently. honeychild because honey is natural, durable and versatile. and we are all children -- that child in us never leaves -- the outer casing just grows up and gets older looking. lol LJWorld.com stories: News
Everything was explained in it -- everything made clear; and gradually she realised the natural, strong and pardonable craving of the rich, unloved man, to seek out for himself some means whereby he might leave all his world's gainings to one whose kindness to him had not been measured by any knowledge of his wealth, but which had been bestowed upon him solely for simple love's sake. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
Even during dry seasons the road maintenance in those areas leaves much to be desired - particularly in the former Venda and Gazankulu and the ANC Daily News Briefing
To have shown it to her husband would have been her first impulse; but, besides that he was absent from home, and the matter too delicate to be the subject of correspondence by an indifferent penwoman, Mrs. Butler recollected that he was not possessed of the information necessary to form a judgment upon the occasion; and that, adhering to the rule which she had considered as most advisable, she had best transmit the information immediately to her sister, and leave her to adjust with her husband the mode in which they should avail themselves of it. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
It has trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers and long slender pods containing variously colored edible beans. Chapter 9
Parking at the event appeared well organised and there were plenty of marshals about to make sure cars were lined up properly and able to leave the ground easily at the end of the day.
Grape leaves are a narrative dish: each ingredient speaks as the package unfolds, containing multitudes, little edible matryoshka dolls. Day of Honey
His St. Petersburg is another "Unreal City" whose wraithlike inhabitants leave hardly a smudge where they've passed. A Master of Technique
Mentally recollecting myself, I took a deep breath and said coolly, ‘Andrew, please leave.’
When you take the colour from things it robs the world of its vitality and wonder, and leaves things drab and lifeless.
The second is never to leave on the floor a closed loop of wire or string.
Two from seven leaves five.
Anthracnose can cause symptoms on canes, leaves, fruit, and stems of berry clusters.
Normally, my chief though was to bath quickly and leave.
Yellow variegated leaves are still quite efficient at using the energy of sunlight to produce sugars.
He scarce scrupled a penny after I gave him leave to try a sword dint upon it. The Fair Maid of Perth
Microfracture exposes the subchondral bone, gently abrades it, yet leaves it intact during an arthroscopic procedure.
During the early stages of plant development, internode elongation is suppressed and only leaves expand.
But after prescribing a special bath of roots and leaves that I bathed in every morning, the swelling of my body subsided.
Why not leave churches open at night so homeless people have somewhere to shelter from the cold and rain? The Sun
The _vettura_ came to a halt under the shade of some old mulberry trees, and our travelers descended to leave it where it was, for the town was not built with a view to the entrance of carriages. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Are you planning to go after Paul's job when he leaves?
The album is supplied with 3 velvet covered pages and 3 heavy, fully transparent interleaves.
a final leave of great Circe; who by her art calmed the heavens, and gave them smooth seas, and a right forewind (the seaman's friend) to bear them on their way to Ithaca. The Adventures of Ulysses
Crew can take extended leave or go skiing for the weekend. Times, Sunday Times
A terminal bud was defined as the stage when the stipules of the foliage leaves covered the shoot apex and the youngest foliage leaf was offset from the central axis of the shoot apex.
If you would care to leave your name, we'll get in touch as soon as possible.
The film shows the same patience as the artist, carefully and without comment depicting his step-by-step preparations and techniques as he tries to capture the quince tree and the light shooting through its leaves.
Leave the excess pastry overhanging the sides. Times, Sunday Times
Avoid installing directly under trees where leaves will clutter the surface of the pond.
The judge's scathing criticism leaves the government with a major headache.
If I don't leave, you won't sit comfortably for a sennight. DEVIL'S BRIDE
We will not be reduced to subsistence farming and exporting fish and chips if the banks leave. Times, Sunday Times
Pull away the individual leaves carefully right up to the heart of the onion; you will be left with lots of little onion petals. Times, Sunday Times
The hall is shaded by a shallow half-hat of a roof which leaves a crescent-shaped interstice between it and the edge of the big carapace.
He is always very close-mouthed about school when he first leaves it.
Dianthoides, several Astragali, one with the pinnulae dentato serratis, petiola spinosa, a tufted Monocotyledonous plant with terete canaliculate subulate leaves, _Salvia_, Gramen alterum, Composita dislocata, Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
Doctors have given him internal stitches instead of external ones, which should leave him without a scar. The Sun
The same rates should control annual broadleaves (velvetleaf, lambs-quarters, pigweeds, mustards) less than 6 inches tall.
They received a monthly salary and were charged with controlling the production process and recording the flow of tobacco leaves and products.
The young leaves of my magnolia look tattered and some have pale spots on the surface.
I'm only going on what I overheard him saying to Chris, but I think he's planning to leave next month.
On the plaintiff's application for summary judgment the master give the defendant unconditional leave to defend.
The wind of evening shook the dark leaves to a thin airy cackle. The Garden Party, and Other Stories
Love Israel/Palestine or leave it, like Simone Bitton's politics or not, the film RACHEL deserves to be seen and Cindy Corrie deserves to be heard because, if nothing else, Rachel was an exceptional "girl-next-door. Undefined
Golub, whose large-scale paintings drew inspiration from everything from Greek kouroi to images of male pornography, used a technique that was more sculpture than brushstroke, famously using a meat cleaver to create aggressive peaks on the canvas. Home | The New York Observer
But high command has yet again told them to leave the Bolly in the ice bucket, not least because it would look terrible to be seen quaffing champers when the chancellor will soon unveil the severest squeeze on public spending in decades. The Tories are still struggling to come to terms with the new order
Grape leaves add a nutty taste to the rice.
Leave a decent overhang in case of shrinkage. Times, Sunday Times
The balsam impatiens usually grows as a two- or three-stemmed plant to a height of 2 1/2 feet, with white to dark red flowers tucked into the leaf axils, where they tend to be overshadowed by leaves.
There was two or three chairs, that might have been worth, in their best days, from eightpence to a shilling a – piece; a small deal table, an old corner cupboard with nothing in it, and one of those bedsteads which turn up half way, and leave the bottom legs sticking out for you to knock your head against, or hang your hat upon; no bed, no bedding. Sketches by Boz
Leave the paint to dry between applications.
Her charms would captivate me and make it difficult later to leave her.
Any band activity would supposedly disturb his equilibrium so he is forbidden to leave the house and is watched round the clock. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, old buddy, leave me.
I would like to know then if I would be allowed to launch my boat in the harbour and leave my car there for safe keeping as I had to buy my licence for my boat at Portnet.
They had to leave their cottage within a week but fortunately another job with a cottage was obtained in Downton.
Let the columns be so placed as to leave a space, the width of an intercolumniation, all round between the walls and the rows of columns on the outside, thus forming a walk round the cella of the temple, as in the cases of the temple of Jupiter Stator by Hermodorus in the The Ten Books on Architecture
The world number one played a simple safety shot to leave the white ball on the bottom cushion and Doherty played the ball deadweight into the pack of reds.
I also saw a large tree and obtained specimens of it, belonging to the natural order BIGNONIACEAE, with terminal spikes of yellow flowers, and rough cordate leaves; and a proteaceous plant with long compound racemes of white flowers, and deeply cut leaves, resembling a tree with true pinnate leaves. Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York
Long green catkins are appearing on the yellow twigs, with small green leaves on either side. Times, Sunday Times
But Mr. Erwitt also has a gift for clicking off multiple photographs of a single scene, finding and preserving evanescent moments likely to leave the viewer alternately laughing or enrapt. Photo-Op: Head or Tail
The shattering implications of Bellesiles' argument for scholars, policy-makers, and ruminators upon the national character are clearly evident, but he leaves them unstated.
The departure of the zooxanthellae leaves the coral whitened. Times, Sunday Times
I am not a fortune teller, but a true clairvoyant, I will help you to find your direction in a way that will leave you empowered and positive.
Leave the dough in a warm place to rise until it is double in bulk.
The notebook was disbound, probably around 1916, and while there's no physical evidence that these leaves came at the end of the notebook, "On Life" grew out of an early passage from the lengthier treatise. Carolyn Vega: Percy Bysshe Shelley "On Life"
I take it at night because it tends to leave a funny aftertaste in the mouth.
As the debris passes through the impeller that would normally be providing air flow to push leaves, it is shredded to many times its original size before entering the vacuum bag.
And apraxia, which is often caused by a stroke, is a serious disorder that disrupts neural programming and often leaves its patients unable to speak at all. GEORGE W. Bushisms
But leave to others these niceties, 'whether they are to be described as follies or absurdities: Gorgias
Just as the crooked mass of shiny-leafed buttonbush, and even the swamp dwelling mayapple - its umbrella-like leaves shading sweet yellow fruit - need fire's fertilizing hand, so too does the wildlife.
Fiery red blossoms float amongst olive green leaves that are heavily mottled with chocolate and maroon.
A beech hedge that keeps its russet-brown leaves right through winter is the perfect instant garden solution for a bare, brand new plot.
I didn't leave the office until eight o'clock last night.
The technology avalanche often leaves her feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and exhausted.
They probably developed leaves both by enations and by planation of a branching system.
It does leave race-goers here facing a potentially ticklish problem, however.
In the Caribbean, the leaves of the breadfruit are used in folk medicine to relieve pain and inflammation.
I lay in the bed with my eyes still closed but my mind was awake listening to the sound of the breeze blowing through the leaves of the coconut tree near my room window.
If winds increased to gale force, we would have had to leave the berth. The Sun
No logs are exported but about 70% of mahogany leaves Fiji in the relatively unprocessed form of rough sawn timber.
(Piss and blood fetishes similarly leave me cold, though were you to ask me to urinate in your mouth or carve the word "cocksucker" in your chest with a razor blade, I would probably be happy to oblige.) Archive 2008-03-01
After all, failure to do so could leave them as hapless bystanders in a game of musical chairs which may be nearing its climax.
Green leek leaves were used in salads; the bulbous base was cooked; and the plant was also used as a flavouring.
A good editor never once leaves a misprint uncorrected.
Tanner, Kaylee, and Mike were fixing to leave and go fishing.
He used his key to get in here and when he saw you feverous and unconscious, he refused to leave.
Slightly more beguiling is the debate format, where representatives of contrasting positions do battle, and leave it to the reader to decide — with the implicaiton that the reader is now somehow in a position to do so. Perils of pop philosophy
It would leave the motorway untouched. Times, Sunday Times
Ambiguous wording leaves some wiggle room for further negotiation.
Employers could also adopt policies such as offering workers paid sick leave.
I keep hearing that Australia is super turnt up and that I won't wanna leave.
Before that, which is to say before the Internet made the unestablished creators easily accessible, videogames were just entertainment that most people were happy to leave to the professionals. Video Game Hipsters
They must leave with a terrible impression after seeing the state of our streets.
Insurers have guaranteed schools that non-teaching staff employed to patrol school property or to substitute for staff on uncertified sick leave will be covered.
So what I really need now is a chain and a bicycle lock, so I can just leave the pump out in the locker room shower.
The rhododendron's dark leaves cup the offering of early flowers.
Its flowers nod on frail stalks that spring straight from a rosette of heart-shaped leaves. Times, Sunday Times
In the apple I have observed leafy shoots bearing terminal tufts of leaves where the flower should have been, so that what, under ordinary circumstances would be a corymb of flowers, is here represented by a series of tufts of leaves. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
For auld lang syne, my dear... `If it were me,' he said as we crossed the park, `I'd be crossing continents; I'd leave no stone unturned. RESCUING ROSE
A travel policy is vital to ensure sickness or an accident don't leave you badly in debt when you come home.

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