Example sentences of "stay [prep] the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | She and her husband moved to Essex after the first of the three children was born , and have stayed in the same house since , Mary busying herself with a multitude of activities locally , and now caring for her husband since his stroke . |
| 4 | I 've yet to see a lovable moptop Inspiral Carpet in the flesh , but obviously they 're on the verge of making it here when they 're staying in the same hotel as Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden . |
| 5 | Oh yes , it 's in Scotland , you see , and whilst there , you see , every day er because a lady laughed at me and she said , she was staying in the same hotel and she said er I , I used to book up in advance of course but never took a chance . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | please would you tell Bill I will not be staying at the same hotel as the owners , and that I will again not be going to the president 's lunch , but that I will be at the races , even if he does n't see me . ’ |
| 8 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 9 | WE had nearly all of the travelling world rugby media staying at the same hotel as the Wallabies and decisions had to be made ’ , he said . |
| 10 | He did , together with Lou and Pat , staying at the same hotel as the newlyweds . |
| 11 | We 're staying at the same hotel and sharing the same table , you see . |
| 12 | whether they 'd stay in the right shape or not . |
| 13 | I 'd stay in the top class cos you got |
| 14 | Now erm did you stay in the same school or ? |
| 15 | First , second , third and last will stay in the same order unless there is a junction , when the line may divide and their positions change . |
| 16 | Not only does the hearer assume it is the same ‘ man ’ who is being talked about throughout , he also assumes that the man will stay in the same place unless the speaker announces that he moves . |
| 17 | I started to feel I could n't stay in the same room as you . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | We 've got ta make sure we stay in the first division but |
| 21 | ‘ Our brief has always been to get back to our home ground and stay in the First Division and I think we are capable of achieving both . ’ |
| 22 | But it will be hard to accept that these people are serious about democracy — or can do much more to further its cause — so long as they stay in the same party as democracy-haters . |
| 23 | If you stay on the same mark or higher it 's good . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I had decided not to stay in the same hotel as any of the groups of owners , actors , racegoers or crew , and asked Nell if she knew of anywhere else . |
| 30 | Although Jessamy still felt a little sorry for Eleanor , she did n't want to stay in the same room as her . |