Example sentences of "stay [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 2 | His wife Hiba and son Vernes will probably stay with a local family as time goes on . |
| 3 | The existing members were told you can either join the new scheme with its improved benefits , reduced contributions , with certain rules that were operating in favour of the employer that were against them , but it was a balancing act , or if you do n't want that you can stay with the old scheme and continue with exactly the same terms . |
| 4 | His training protocol exploited the fact that , given a choice between staying in a lighted environment or entering a dark compartment , rodents such as rats or mice will go into the dark . |
| 5 | Whether you 're staying in a smart hotel or under canvas , make sure you 're fully equipped for a relaxing break . |
| 6 | ‘ Because we were having work done on our house , Sophie and I were staying in a rented place and it did n't have a phone . |
| 7 | One of the electronics companies was staying In a declining market and trying to increase its share by increasing its competitiveness . |
| 8 | ‘ Five Bellies ’ , who earns nearly £40,000 a year as Gazza 's companion and minder , has been staying in the Italian capital since the soccer star joined Lazio . |
| 9 | whether they 'd stay in the right shape or not . |
| 10 | I 'd stay in the top class cos you got |
| 11 | You can stay in the main hotel or opt for one of the bungalows which are spaced throughout the gardens , giving you privacy and delightful surroundings . |
| 12 | No you do n't this is it , we 'll just dump everything , I said to Mark we 'll just dump everything in the back room and we 'll stay in the back room till we 've sorted the front room |
| 13 | Stay in a traditional stone and slate cottage , set amid 250 wooded acres surrounding a magnificent lake or in the beautiful three star hotel . |
| 14 | It was unthinkable to pledge his word to stay for a fixed term when he might not be able to keep it . |
| 15 | Colonel Ford , worried that he was losing his veteran Captain of skirmishers , had begged d'Alembord to stay for the impending campaign and implicit in the Colonel 's plea was a promise that d'Alembord would receive the next vacant majority in the battalion . |
| 16 | The ballet was not originally announced for the London season , but the company was persuaded to stay for an extra week and The Witch was premiered on 18 August the night before the last . |
| 17 | What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something . |
| 18 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |
| 19 | In an official statement put out yesterday , Sangster said cryptically : ‘ It is a sad decision , but it no longer makes any sense keeping the place and having to stay in the local pub when we visit . ’ |
| 20 | He revealed details of furious rows between Diana , her husband and Prince Philip , and an agreement Diana made to stay in the Royal Family after the Queen threatened her with exile . |
| 21 | A new chapter of his book Diana : Her True Story discloses details of furious rows between the Princess , her husband and Prince Philip , and reveals the agreement Diana made to stay in the Royal Family after the Queen threatened her with exile . |
| 22 | Diana could choose to stay within the Royal Family and be allowed a greater measure of freedom . |
| 23 | Next year , Salon du Dessin dealers are planning to stay inside the Grand Palais and expand . |
| 24 | They very much enjoy having guests to stay on a house-party basis and they will arrange daily activities and entertainments for most evenings . |
| 25 | Corbett asked the others to stay at the great gate whilst he went across the open square . |
| 26 | We want to stay at the top level while doing the same things we did 40 years ago . |
| 27 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 28 | It is my considered opinion that we should stay at a safe distance and await further developments . ’ |
| 29 | I also stayed for the required time that politeness dictates . |
| 30 | I stayed in a flea-ridden inn whilst outside the sea began to seethe and boil under a sudden black storm . |