Example sentences of "stay [prep] [adj] [noun] of time " in BNC.
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1 | Here , the ocean is the only large store of water and the only place where a water molecule stays for any length of time . |
2 | You should try to find a copyist … wherever you stay for any length of time . |
3 | The movements of wintering birds and passage migrants clearly overlap , but the records suggest that comparatively few of the birds recorded from August to October and in April stay for any length of time . |
4 | Claudia started more coffee , reflecting that if Dana was going to stay for any length of time she would need fresh supplies . |
5 | If she was going to stay for any length of time , she was going to need some furniture at least , she thought frowningly . |
6 | It was normal , moreover , as in earlier generations , for a diplomat going to one of the more out-of-the-way capitals , if he expected to stay for any length of time , to equip himself with a mass of essentials which might be difficult or impossible to obtain at his destination . |
7 | The only caller who stayed for any length of time said nothing at all . |