Example sentences of "stay [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he , Neil , was content to leave the house unwatched by day , and to spend his time looking at rocks on the broch island , then I could stay indoors with a clear conscience , and wait for the rainstorm to pass . |
| 2 | He stays somewhere in the middle portion of the gunsight , but the pipper refuses to stay on him . |
| 3 | not unhappy at staying away from a western business man , even though he might be a temporary guest of the State ; after all , they were permanent guests and who knew but … . |
| 4 | Staying close to the wooden wall , he crept along between the shed and the hedge . |
| 5 | Remembering where Tweed had stayed once during a desperate operation in the past . |
| 6 | She had stayed willingly in the secluded garden with the soldier , had not voiced a single protest at his boldness . |
| 7 | The rain is not staying mainly on the Spanish plain … torrents of hailstones beating les fleurs to the ground ! … says that the rivers will be full … it 's an ill-wind etc ! ! |
| 8 | Of all the poets published in Ian Hamilton 's New Review in the Seventies , Falck has stayed closest to the original impulse . |
| 9 | The actual rate of inflation stays ahead of the expected rate by a constant margin which , for as long as the unemployment rate is held at U 1 , will never be closed . |
| 10 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If you believe that , why did you stay here in the first place ? ’ |
| 12 | All of the characters are strong and stay basically in the same tone except for Estella who undergoes a very sudden character change in the revised ending . |
| 13 | Top teams traditionally stay away from the gruelling west African rally , making it an irresistible attraction for those teams which can not win elsewhere . |
| 14 | Although the threat of having to meet Rohan had been removed , the wedding was still going to be an ordeal for her , and she 'd been sorely tempted to plead sudden illness and stay away from the actual ceremony and celebrations . |
| 15 | In a discipline like psychology , which insists on the specificity of its vocabulary , procedures and concerns , feminist initiatives which stay close to the traditional discipline are valuable . |
| 16 | They stay close to the male-oriented tradition , particularly at higher academic levels , and assume , like Henlé at the beginning of the chapter , that their gender need not affect their career . |
| 17 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 18 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 19 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 20 | There have been several bad storms on the road and they have decided to break their journey to Madrid and stay overnight in a small town . |
| 21 | Statistics suggest that those whose marriages last beyond this period seem to have learned the secret of how to stay together in a stable relationship . |
| 22 | He was then persuaded to stay only by a last-minute promise of personnel changes at the top , but even senior Communist Party advisers had no idea how high-level these changes had been . |
| 23 | And he could be allowed to stay only by a direct order from the Home Secretary . |
| 24 | If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active . |
| 25 | The only disadvantage is having to stay indoors on a lovely day . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It was a serious fire and people were told to stay indoors as a precautionary measure . |
| 27 | The Greek government issued a temporary ban on traffic in central Athens and warned people to stay indoors after an unprecedented build-up of air pollution led to hundreds of people falling ill with respiratory and heart problems . |
| 28 | There is decreased ability to stay away from the first use in any day of the substance or process of addiction . |
| 29 | Coun Len Douglass said : ‘ He has obviously been told to stay away by the Labour group but he was there in a civic capacity and I find it very sad . ’ |
| 30 | The American version of the popular film attempted to stay close to the original script but sadly failed to be playable due to slightly dodgy design . |