Example sentences of "stay [adv] [prep] a [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 | 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 … . |
| 3 | Remembering where Tweed had stayed once during a desperate operation in the past . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 6 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And he could be allowed to stay only by a direct order from the Home Secretary . |
| 12 | If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active . |
| 13 | The only disadvantage is having to stay indoors on a lovely day . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It was a serious fire and people were told to stay indoors as a precautionary measure . |
| 15 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 16 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 17 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 18 | Go there sometimes about four o'clock give them a feed out and then we used to I used to stay there in a small shelter there . |
| 19 | Throughout the tournament the popular Murray admitted to feeling enormous tension as he battled to stay ahead of a top-class field , which included eight members of the European Ryder Cup team . |
| 20 | From Pforta in 1864 he went to the University of Bonn to read classical philology and theology , but he stayed only for a single year . |
| 21 | An attempted coup in August was frustrated by the timorous behaviour of the Abuna , who stayed away from a crucial meeting . |
| 22 | Two weeks ago in Yugoslavia , we stayed overnight in a private house offering bed and breakfast accommodation . |
| 23 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 24 | He stayed there for a long time . |
| 25 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |