give leave

Example Sentences

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He was supposed to fly back to the US, but managed to give leave the airport and join the DMZ tour.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2023

Judges refused to give leave to an appeal in 2012 and threw out his application to have his sentence cut.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2014

Last month three judges at the Court of Appeal sitting in London refused to give leave to appeal by the former Wales and Sheffield United striker.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2012

“She has kin buried there. Do you give leave for a quick visit?”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Other papal letters give leave to dispense with the above classes, who could not, otherwise, be promoted to holy orders.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen