Example sentences of "stay up [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the mother of a five-year-old who always cries when bedtime comes may give in every so often and let him stay up late because she can not bear to see tears . |
| 2 | They had grown so used to her not joining in that they had not really noticed that she had stayed up there when they came down . |
| 3 | Bearing this number in mind , you decide how many tokens your child will have to pay for a list ( something like a menu ) of rewards you have constructed , such as choosing a favourite pudding , staying up later than usual , a box of crayons or a special outing . |
| 4 | It would be diplomatic , I suppose , thought Pascoe , to stay up here till she 'd disposed of Marcus . |
| 5 | Still , even when I was young ’ — she was talking as if to herself now-'I could see no reason to stay up just because a date was changing , starting all over again , one , two , three , four , five . |
| 6 | After the evening meal ( sweet salmon cooked in white wine ) , Benjamin and I stayed up long after the taproom emptied . |