Example sentences of "stay on [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 2 | He also found that the proportion of school pupils staying on after the minimum school leaving age responded to changes in registered adult unemployment . |
| 3 | The purpose of this study was : to examine proposals ( from the Schools Council ) for a certificate of extended education ( CEE ) — a single-subject qualification at 17 plus , for pupils staying on after the compulsory leaving age but not taking A levels ; to study pilot schemes already in operation ; and to advise the Secretary of State as to whether the CEE should be given official recognition . |
| 4 | And did you brothers stay on in the little cottage ? |
| 5 | He returned for his father 's funeral , the first time he 'd been back to Zimbala in seventeen years , and Jamel was able to persuade him to stay on as the new editor of the country 's leading daily newspaper , La Voix . |
| 6 | After Egypt was conquered by the Persian king Kambyses in 525 BC the Greeks and Karians lost their old employers ; but it is certain from several pieces of evidence that they stayed on under the new management , as distinct ethnic groups , surviving until and beyond the Macedonian takeover in 331 . |
| 7 | Many Elves did return but others , such as those in Athel Loren , refused to abandon their adopted homeland and stayed on in the Old World . |