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take leave
1. The latter was to go on campaign shortly and had come to take leave of his aunt and uncle and cousins
2. 10 Thus did Jesus and Ganid take leave of the women
3. The poor women will take leave of their children
4. When he woke up, eager to go to Shanti Sadan he reached his father's parnasala to take leave of him
5. And I am glad for your sakes, even if the others are not thereby saved, that I was not there, to the end that you shall now have new cause to believe in me; and by that which you will witness, you should all be strengthened in preparation for that day when I shall take leave of you and go to the Father
6. Soon they drew up in front of their humble dwelling place, and Jesus was about to take leave of them, going on down the road, but they constrained him to come in and abide with them
7. As for Jim, he had managed to persuade the HR people at the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street that he could take leave of absence for up to four weeks
8. He walked to and fro, with thoughts very busy, until it was time to return to Tellson's and take leave of Mr
9. The king will grant it very readily, and the knight will courteously kiss his hands for the favour done to him; and that night he will take leave of his lady the princess at the grating of the chamber where she sleeps, which looks upon a garden, and at which he has already many times conversed with her, the go-between and confidante in the matter being a damsel much trusted by the princess
10. He betakes him thence to his chamber, flings himself on his bed, cannot sleep for sorrow at parting, rises early in the morning, goes to take leave of the king, queen, and princess, and, as he takes his leave of the pair, it is told him that the princess is indisposed and cannot receive a visit; the knight thinks it is from grief at his departure, his heart is pierced, and he is hardly able to keep from showing his pain
11. He, as soon as he saw himself clothed like one in his senses, and divested of the appearance of a madman, entreated the chaplain to permit him in charity to go and take leave of his comrades the madmen
12. When Sancho Panza heard his master say this he was ready to take leave of his senses, or die with laughter; for, as he knew the real truth about the pretended enchantment of Dulcinea, in which he himself had been the enchanter and concocter of all the evidence, he made up his mind at last that, beyond all doubt, his master was out of his wits and stark mad, so he said to him, "It was an evil hour, a worse season, and a sorrowful day, when your worship, dear master mine, went down to the other world, and an unlucky moment when you met with Senor Montesinos, who has sent you back to us like this
13. And so, may God deliver your worship from evil-minded enchanters, and bring me well and peacefully out of this government, which I doubt, for I expect to take leave of it and my life together, from the way Doctor Pedro Recio treats me
14. Jennings was delighted with her gratitude, and only wondered that after hearing such a sentence, the Colonel should be able to take leave of them, as he immediately did, with the utmost sang-froid, and go away without making her any reply!--She had not thought her old friend could have made so indifferent a suitor
15. gifts, and when I went to take leave of him he entrusted me with a royal present
16. I had not considered how I should take leave of her; it came naturally to me at the moment to do this
17. He then motioned to his wife to take leave
18. As Franz was about to take leave of M
19. I came here to take leave of it before its change
20. "I little thought," said Estella, "that I should take leave of you in taking leave of
21. How did they take leave, one of the other, in separation?
22. And Levin went out of the room, only when he was in the doorway remembering that he had forgotten to take leave of Oblonsky’s colleagues
23. Charles, coming up to take leave of Sir John, heard him say, as he bent over his wife's hand, "Certainly
24. The horses of the Staff had been embarked, the steamer's gig was awaiting the general at the boat steps; and Barrios, after a fierce stare of his one eye, began to take leave
25. At the moment when the whole party rose to take leave, an unexpected and striking event occurred, which resounded through the length and breadth of Saumur, from thence through the arrondissement, and even to the four surrounding prefectures
26. Near the extremes of price swings, odd lotters would temporarily take leave of their senses! Just before low points occurred, the odd lotters who had been steadily increasing their ratio of purchases to sales would temporarily take fright—one would then observe a temporary decrease in their purchase-sale ratio
27. The officers were about to take leave, but Prince Andrew, apparently reluctant to be left alone with his friend, asked them to stay and have tea
28. He confessed, and received communion: everyone came to take leave of him
29. He wished to take leave of Princess Mary, but she would not let him go
30. Grant, by whose side she was now following the others, she had nearly resolved on going home immediately, and only waited for courage to say so, when the sound of the great clock at Mansfield Park, striking three, made her feel that she had really been much longer absent than usual, and brought the previous self-inquiry of whether she should take leave or not just then, and how, to a very speedy issue
31. The novelty of travelling, and the happiness of being with William, soon produced their natural effect on Fanny's spirits, when Mansfield Park was fairly left behind; and by the time their first stage was ended, and they were to quit Sir Thomas's carriage, she was able to take leave of the old coachman, and send back proper messages, with cheerful looks
32. Luckily at that very instant Nastchokin stood up to take leave ; he offered his hand to Darzan also
33. And, behold, on the very day they went away (I hadn't seen them, didn't see them off or take leave) I received a tiny note, a sheet of thin blue paper, and on it only one line in pencil: ‘I will write to you
34. After the service was over the elder desired to kiss and take leave of every one
35. At the moment Alyosha and Madame Hohlakov entered, Ivan Fyodorovitch stood up to take leave
36. The whole household came out to take leave—Smerdyakov, Marfa and Grigory
37. And, indeed, it was time to take leave, I had stayed long enough for the first call
38. "Because, taking leave of the world, I want to take leave of all my past in your person!" He wept and raised both her hands to his tear-stained eyes
39. One of the last to take leave of her departed mistress was a peasant woman who was holding by the hand a pretty little girl of five whom she had brought with her, God knows for what reason
40. Nekhludoff not wishing to meet them and to have to take leave over again, stopped before he got to the door, waiting for the procession to pass
41. Some got up and talked standing; some continued to talk sitting; others began to cry and take leave
42. Dunaiev came to me with the news that Brashnin is dying and that he had sent a boy to ask that I take leave of him
43. The interruption was caused by his sudden trip to Petrograd (in February, 1897) to take leave of his friends, Chertkov and Biriukov, who were being exiled
44. He then went to take leave of his Uncle Jozsef, whom he found surrounded by his family
45. Star’s house to take leave of the only person to whom he owed the obligations of family affection, and found that redoubtable lady on a sofa in her dressing room
46. I cannot yet, sir, take leave of this very important testimony in favor of the bank
47. Should it, however, be necessary at any time, I take leave to suggest that the index alone furnishes a very safe and simple mode
48. Madison to preserve amicable relations with Great Britain is, in my opinion, calculated to awaken vigilance and distrust, rather than inspire confidence, I shall (having nothing more important to write about) take leave to examine his motives