Now he cannot imagine leaving the house that did not leave him.

But he stayed the course, and now cannot imagine leaving.

They had drawn close, he said, and he could not imagine leaving them.

Yet he could never imagine leaving the Project entirely.

Just as well, perhaps: it was hard for a listener to imagine leaving the hall feeling any more drained.

"I just couldn't imagine leaving the bag in a taxi," she said.

But he said he could not imagine leaving his 60 clients, many of them now friends.

"I can't imagine leaving for a more secure position on Wall Street."

She could not imagine leaving the borough until the fire forced her to.

She couldn't imagine leaving a child that age behind.