Sentence examples for given a leave from inspiring English sources

He was given a leave to attend Edith's birth, fifteen months later, but was mysteriously awol when it occurred.

Father Jupin requested and was given a leave of absence in May 2003 after he was accused of sexually abusing two teenagers in Schenectady in the 1970's.

In 1952 she was given a leave by Atlantic Monthly to help edit the centennial edition of Bartlett's, which was published by Little, Brown in 1955.

Finally, in 1786, he asks for and is given a leave of absence and takes off for the better part of two years, visiting Verona, Padua, Venice and Naples, and staying for some time in Sicily and (twice) in Rome.

It was under Dr. Smith's care that Matthew Beck was given a leave last October because of job-related stress, and it was with Dr. Smith's blessing that the young man decided to return to work on Feb. 25, Donald Beck said.

Alnwick played in the 2-1 defeat at Rotherham on 1 February but was subsequently given a leave of absence on medical grounds.

Seemingly a spent force, he was given a leaving gift of a pen, which he later complained had been "filled with banal blue ink".

Buzzards swoop along the track and a badger crashes away into bushes, pursued by Wilf, who returns looking like he's been given a left hook.

Last week I had to give a leaving speech for a member of staff, a good lieutenant who is moving on to another magazine.

This would suggest that just two and a half years into her tenure, she was able to give a leaving date more than two years in advance.

Before they left the camp, children were given a "school leaving certificate", an official document that indicates how long they have studied.