leave undone
Example Sentences
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He could not make her believe that she did a thousand things, on such occasions, which she might just as well leave undone; and, to "have peace," he gave over the argument.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
Nought thou canst ask my love shall leave undone.
From Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott
Christ's teaching supplies the lack, showing what we are to do as well as what we are to leave undone.
From The Book of Courage by John Thomson Faris
But I suppose that he feared I might reveal it to some friend if the trial went against me, entrust to him the just work I am forced to leave undone.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Those small things, which by so many are esteemed as unnecessary, as not worth while, these were the very things he took care not to leave undone.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
