Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] stay [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
| 2 | Or when Tom says , ‘ My teacher made me stay in today ’ , parents would do well to resist the temptation to answer , ‘ Now what have you done ? ’ , or ‘ I suppose you deserved it ’ , replies which would have inflamed his feelings . |
| 3 | they , they make them stay together . |
| 4 | the festivals car park , you know the whole thing and I mean then he kicked them off did n't he , so they moved up to Cross Street so in a way it 's their own fault , they could of let them stay there , I mean every body wants to be settled somewhere like |
| 5 | The Miss Cardings next door , they would have let me stay there until I got myself sorted out . |
| 6 | But if Liverpool are playing in a big match , we let them stay up until the end . |
| 7 | ‘ You let them stay here ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
| 10 | ‘ Let me stay here ! |
| 11 | I let him stay here because of you . |
| 12 | For example , the mother of a five-year-old who always cries when bedtime comes may give in every so often and let him stay up late because she can not bear to see tears . |
| 13 | YOUNG Belfast offenders appealed today for a £140,000 Government injection to help them stay straight . |
| 14 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 16 | I knew it was a mistake to let you stay on . |
| 17 | She wants to escape from home , and the least we can do is to let her stay here for a while . |
| 18 | ‘ We are all culpable in Carlotta 's death , since we agreed to let her stay behind ; we could have ordered her to return . ’ |
| 19 | It was a glorious victory when he managed to persuade the grown-ups to let him stay on after his parents had gone back to Manchester . |
| 20 | I think it 's so generous of you to let him stay on here . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Decent of Miss Henry to let us stay out late tonight , ’ Felicity remarked , when the order had been given . |
| 22 | A decision will then be taken on letting them stay longer . |
| 23 | Now I can help you by letting you stay somewhere safe . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ With the fear of God in us , we played passionately in the second half and ran out 3-2 winners , so Cloughie 's unpredictability in letting us stay up late on the Friday night was vindicated . ’ |
| 25 | And if they come out with that line : ‘ Oh but mum , everyone else 's mum lets them stay out until three in the morning/hitch a lift home from Glastonbury/take the short cut across the meadow at night/ride a bike without wearing an orange band … ’ then find out what other parents really think . |
| 26 | One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic . |
| 27 | ‘ And since you know it , I do n't understand why you 're making me stay there . |
| 28 | If Mr Jackson sees me all grown up , then maybe he 'll let me stay here . |
| 29 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 30 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |