Example sentences of "stay [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 2 | ‘ Alex , ’ said the producer , ‘ could you just stay for a quick word ? ’ |
| 3 | Well , people come on a day to day basis , like a working environment , right ? er Each individual will stay for a different length of time , it could be weeks , months , even years . |
| 4 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 5 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |
| 6 | Former Nottingham Forest reserve Stephen Bell can stay as a non-contract player after a late-season trial period . |
| 7 | During their week in Tokyo , which is being funded by a private charity , the students will stay with a Japanese family , visit schools and join John and Norma at official functions . |
| 8 | It is certain that bees are very responsive to different tones of the human voice , and this is probably the reason for the country belief that bees are peace-loving beings and will not stay with a quarrelsome family . |
| 9 | His wife Hiba and son Vernes will probably stay with a local family as time goes on . |
| 10 | The famous clock tower stays as a permanent reminder . |
| 11 | ‘ That stays as a permanent fixture from now on , ’ Dad said . |
| 12 | The house interior had changed very little , certainly not in my flat where the tenant had stayed with a late Victorian decor , lots of mahogany furniture , red velvet curtains at the bow window and a sort of Chinese wallpaper in gold and green , heavily patterned with birds . |
| 13 | I was staying with a Filipino family on Mindanao , one of the southernmost of the 7,000 Philippine islands , two hours ' flying time from Manila , in a place called Dapitan City in the province of Zamboanga del Norte . |
| 14 | Sylvie had told him with a dreamy insouciance that Katherine was away in Boston , staying with a charming man called Thomas Sachs . |
| 15 | A survey of the over 75s living in South Wales revealed that 86 per cent had either visited or stayed in a general hospital ward compared with 33 per cent for a geriatric ward ( Salvage et al . |
| 16 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |
| 17 | Charles Dickens seemed to have stayed in a remarkable number of houses in Broadstairs , the Lionisers were beginning to fed , looking at their itinerary on Thursday morning . |
| 18 | At the same time a change of register is always a relief , and a theme which is ‘ opened out ’ over a wide span has a greater emotional potential than one which stays in a small area . |
| 19 | And he stays in a four-bedroomed detached house . |
| 20 | Interest centres on how long a subject stays in a particular state ( e.g. unemployed , married without children ) and how this length of time is affected by characteristics of the subject . |
| 21 | Left to its own devices , real ale stays in a drinkable condition for about a week . |
| 22 | We were staying in a seedy hotel in San Francisco close to the red light district . |
| 23 | I think he was shocked to find his new Professor of English staying in a cheap pension . |
| 24 | The house is not very large — there are only 13 bedrooms in all — and this , together with the friendly , attentive service , combine to give guests the impression that they are staying in a graceful home rather than a hotel . |
| 25 | His training protocol exploited the fact that , given a choice between staying in a lighted environment or entering a dark compartment , rodents such as rats or mice will go into the dark . |
| 26 | The family is staying in a private apartment loaned by Fergie 's friend , brewing heir Peter Greenall . |
| 27 | Staying in a small town in the north of Scotland and working on the local newspaper for the rest of his life suddenly seemed a dismal prospect . |
| 28 | One night , at the full moon , we were staying in a small town ; it was the height of summer , and the weather as well as the society had begun to seem heavily claustrophobic to us . |
| 29 | But the Welsh builders were unhappy about staying in a small French village without fried eggs and sausages for breakfast and although the local hotelier was eventually persuaded that this fare was absolutely essential , the Welsh contingent did not see the job through and a third firm , French again , was then brought in . |
| 30 | The idea of staying in a near empty compound in midsummer was scarcely inviting . |