Example sentences of "[pron] stay there [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I stay there for quite a bit , looking round and that , till it gets light .
2 I stay there for quite a while , until I get real good and warm .
3 I stay there to supper , after which we talk or occasionally someone plays .
4 And er I stayed there at that school until nineteen hundred and twelve .
5 I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new .
6 I stayed there for five weeks and after another operation was pronounced ‘ partially sighted ’ enough to be registered as blind .
7 I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one .
8 I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it .
9 They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know .
10 I stayed there for five years and was still drinking .
11 I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour .
12 I stayed there for three days , until the snow began to melt , dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof .
13 I stayed there until 1990 . ’
14 I got to France on the 15th May 1915 and I stayed there until the 21st February 1919 .
15 For two or three days I stayed there in a commercial travellers ’ hotel .
16 Would you stay there in the
17 Oh she stays there at
18 but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it .
19 If you 've backed a couple of horses , and if you 'll be gone the next day , you stay there like everybody else and listen to the commentaries .
20 He followed me upstairs , locked the bedroom door from the outside with ‘ That 's it , you stay there till tomorrow morning . ’
21 For a long while she stayed there without moving , her mind filled with the dull ache of loss and of longing for what might have been .
22 She stayed there for three years and lost track of her sister during that time .
23 She stayed there for a long time .
24 She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river .
25 When you came back , you stayed there until three .
26 We stayed there for ten and a half years until 15 September 1991 , without ever having any explanation as to why we were being held .
27 We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys !
28 We stayed there for eight years .
29 We stayed there at least an hour .
30 It was lovelier still and we stayed there till evening … ’
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