Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb mod] stay " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can take me to a hotel , somewhere I can stay for a couple of nights until the police can find the very sick person who sent that letter to me . ’ |
| 2 | Just to think , he said he would dance every dance with me if only I would stay . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here ? ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps I could stay here until nearer my time , then return for the birth ? |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps I can stay here , ’ she whispered an entreaty . |
| 7 | So I 'd stay calm . |
| 8 | So I 'd stay away from 'er if I was you an' come an' play marbles with me like you used to do . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ To be honest , at first I did n't have a clue how long I 'd stay , ’ says Bassett , ‘ so I can understand why some locals did n't think I 'd last more than a season or so . |
| 10 | ‘ How much longer I shall stay in it and not go out of it , who knows ! |
| 11 | ‘ Hopefully I can stay out there for two years or so . |
| 12 | But I really do feel that until my technique develops further I must stay here . |
| 13 | Friends were surprised at how often I would stay on their floors after an evening out , and I would alternate between trips to my parents ' house in Wales and visits to friends from pre-army days , who I would surprise by telephoning to say I was on leave from the regular army . |
| 14 | I have presented the Chancellor 's condolences to his widow and now I must stay until I receive fresh instructions . ’ |
| 15 | Well I 'll stay and have my bath between eight and nine and you can go and have a drink no I do n't think I 'll be going out this evening . |
| 16 | Now , some men think right , I 'll walk across the road others will think well I 'll stay behind because it might be safer cos there might be somebody lurking in the corners none of us know quite how to react to that . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , if you have to go , maybe I 'll stay on . |
| 18 | It 's just , well … maybe I 'll stay a little longer . |
| 19 | Now Mr Jaggers turned to me and told me that on Monday I would go to Matthew Pocket 's house to start my studies , but until then I would stay with his son , Herbert , who lived nearby . |
| 20 | ‘ Then I 'll stay here , ’ decides Claudia . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I 'll stay an old maid . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Then I 'll stay till she comes back . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then I will stay with you and drive you back here . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In this particular Mess I had hardly sat down before I felt completely at home , and before I had finished the meal , I had made up my mind that if this particular unit would have me , this was where I would stay . |
| 26 | And er he says er he says , you know I 'll have to get somewhere to stay , is there anywhere where I could stay ? |
| 27 | So if you ca n't be more positive — ’ she folded her napkin and threw it down like a gauntlet on the table between them ‘ — then I do n't see why I should stay here and listen to you . ’ |
| 28 | I fail to see why I should stay and subject myself to any more of your murderous mood . ’ |
| 29 | Or otherwise I could stay |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going to the tourist office right now , to see if there 's anywhere I can stay tonight — ’ A sea of uplifted faces swam into her vision , and she coloured up with embarrassment . |