Example sentences of "stay [art] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 He can not stay the distance and his breathing is now difficult . ’
2 However , there had always been a doubt as to whether or not Rodrigo could stay the mile and a half at Epsom .
3 With entries closing on March 3 it is impossible , Kauntze says , to gauge at that early date whether or not a horse will stay the mile and three-quarters of the St Leger .
4 With entries closing on March 3 it is impossible , Kauntze says , to gauge at that early date whether or not a horse will stay the mile and three-quarters of the St Leger .
5 ‘ I know that Royal Ballerina will stay the trip and the only thing which is likely to beat her is the ground if there is a cut in it , ’ he said .
6 ‘ I know that Royal Ballerina will stay the trip and the only thing which is likely to beat her is the ground if there is a cut in it , ’ he said .
7 And we were gon na stay the night but Gary 's got his mum staying as well and he sa he says , you know , if you stay can you bring some bedding and that ?
8 People would come and stay the night and then they 'd be there a month , you know how it is : ‘ Can I stay a night ? ’ 'Sure , sure . ’
9 ‘ You shall stay the night and tomorrow you will carry a letter to Mr. Chambers that will make all well . ’
10 The court to which an application for a stay of action should be made is the court in which that action is pending and the court can either stay the action or allow it to continue on such terms as it thinks fit ( s 285(2) ) .
11 Although he had won the Derby , plenty of people were still convinced that he did not truly stay a mile and a half and that Piggott 's sensitive handling of him at Epsom , producing him at the very last moment , had masked this lack of stamina .
12 But I do n't stay a week or so any more .
13 ‘ I 've already been here a fortnight and shall probably stay a week or two longer before moving south , ’ said Father Branche vaguely .
14 And Ben like when we were sort of there Ben sort of we 'd been sitting around for a while and he said it 's very embarrassing to have to ask this but you 're staying the night and stuff erm are you two a couple or are you just friends so no , just friends but it 's alright , if you do n't have any spare rooms we 'll be perfectly happy to sleep together , do n't worry .
15 However , after a discussion with Pat Eddery , it was felt that Ile De Nisky had not truly stayed the mile and a half , hence the revised programme .
16 ‘ She had stayed the night and left in the morning with no child , but a brown paper parcel under her arm .
17 Once they were on the road they had their own coach , staying a day or half a day in each town .
18 She is here doing research at the university with one of my husband 's oldest friends , and is staying a week or two here before moving to a flat .
19 come up from , had a jug or two at come over here and stay the night and then walk down to in the morning .
20 So STAY A WHILE and discover the beauty and variety of one of the greenest and most tranquil corners of England .
21 Student Ken Payton , 22 , from New York , said : ‘ I hope to stay the pace and follow it through the night . ’
22 They found plenty of common Church interests and then friendship ; they had conversations , which Ramsey enjoyed enormously , about matters political as well as religious ; Ramsey went over to Garrowby several times for meals or to stay the night and celebrate the sacrament in the morning ; and he conducted Halifax 's funeral at Kirby Underdale in 1959 .
23 In 1988 UMF won a court order to stay the receivership and asked PW to act as monitor .
24 OLDHAM boss Joe Royle is backing his old Norwich City pals to stay the course and pull off the first Premier League title .
25 There was that very nice place in Keswick where he 'd always longed to take a smart woman to stay a day or two .
26 In a way they had no choice — but I have chosen to stay a virgin and that is important to me . ’
27 She may even be persuaded to come back with me , to stay a week or longer , Dorothea decided , for she had no reason to live in that ugly little town house alone now that her father was dead .
28 In the long vacation , a graduate wishing to stay a week or more may be able to take a room in the Margery Fry and Elizabeth Nuffield House and cater for herself .
29 Today , however , for the first time since the period of mourning had ended , she had been granted permission to call upon the young prince — to stay a week and celebrate his birthday .
30 Congratulations go to everyone who participated — they all stayed the course and helped to raise a staggering £2,180 for Cancer Research .
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