leave undone
Example Sentences
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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 Hare, Augustus J. C.
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 Faris, John Thomson
Out of two powerful motives, either of which may equally move us to do or leave undone a certain thing, can we infallibly tell which one has ultimately prompted our action?
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
In regard to what I ought to do or leave undone, you'll permit me to consult my own wishes, and decline friendly suggestions with my best thanks.
From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul
When I thought of the hours I often shirked and the jobs I used to leave undone, I wondered that Barlow didn't fire me and the other fellows long ago.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold