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

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1 During the day he was at the power station and at weekends , reversing the normal peregrination , he was at his London flat , frequently staying there for Part of the week if he had a meeting in town .
2 By this time the families staying there for summer quarters were out for a forenoon walk : mothers , nurses , playful youngsters — some with towels for the bathing , others with picnic baskets , making for the cliffs or the shore .
3 I stay there to supper , after which we talk or occasionally someone plays .
4 He 'd go to earth and stay there till dark .
5 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 .
6 It raises all kinds of questions , such as how do the evil and the tragedy get out again , how long can they stay there without deterioration and many more .
7 I used to go and stay there at Christmastime , after Father died , and there was always a nice present on the juniper tree for me and lots of good things to eat .
8 I mean , I can be back for well I mean , I can actually stay there in fact .
9 Luciano Leggio , the Sicilian capo who , according to Miss Sterling , claims controls most of the world 's heroin trade , has languished behind bars since 1974 and is likely to stay there for life .
10 Handing over the envelope from Mr Thrale , the waiter at the New Inn recognised Boswell 's name and likeness to his father : Lord Auchinleck stayed there on circuit .
11 In the days of very rapid expansion , teachers in some inner-city schools stayed there on average about three years .
12 It was lovelier still and we stayed there till evening … ’
13 I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work .
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