Example sentences of "to stay [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We leave , saddened by the plight and determined to come for longer the next time , to stay through a winter and spring , to find out what that old woman had really been up to holding that white sheet up to the Northern Lights . |
| 2 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
| 3 | Salisbury looks good enough to stay for a while , although he briefly gives Sussex once again two players with three initials who have each played for England only once , the other being A.C.S. Pigott . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ said Fribble , ‘ Calatin here has been so kind as to invite me to stay for a while . |
| 5 | I 've been back now and again to stay for a while , hoping it would all work out . |
| 6 | When she recovered , she was invited to stay for a while at Thrushcross Grange . |
| 7 | ‘ Actually I 'd quite like to stay for a while longer , if you do n't mind . |
| 8 | When she went to stay for a day or two on Hydra , I accompanied her on the morning boat , and left her there . |
| 9 | Seventy have been given refugee status and 240 have been allowed to stay for a year after which their cases will be reviewed . |
| 10 | If they only want me to stay for a year then I 'm entitled to do what I want under freedom of contract . |
| 11 | She planned to stay for a couple of days in the Arts Club in Edinburgh , as she belonged to a London club that had a reciprocal arrangement . |
| 12 | We were in Bath to stay for a couple of weeks with my parents , in time for Christmas and ‘ New Year 's ’ . |
| 13 | The boy lives with his aunt but his mother , who is estranged from Luke 's father , often has him to stay for a couple of days . |
| 14 | If the bill is to be calculated on a daily rate and someone 's auntie comes to stay for a couple of months in the middle of the year , what about all the complications in adjusting for that and how do we account for the period for which someone has lost the discount ? |
| 15 | The hon. Member for Garscadden quoted COSLA as being concerned about what would happen if someone 's aunt came to stay for a couple of months . |
| 16 | And last night an old friend of invited herself and her adopted Vietnamese daughter to stay for a night . |
| 17 | She had come with her little boy of four to stay for a fortnight because the van Goghs felt so sorry for her . |
| 18 | And she 's going to stay for a fortnight with them . |
| 19 | One day she rashly invited him to stay for a weekend . |
| 20 | They often flew out their friends such as the McNulties , Cliffords or Pollocks , to stay for a weekend , and the friends invariably shared the aeroplane with baskets of food and Jenny , the cook . |
| 21 | She had intended to stay for a weekend . |
| 22 | And as an extra treat , Annellie Clyde is coming to stay for a week to teach you the rudiments . ’ |
| 23 | Mrs Parkin came to stay for a week and went after a day . |
| 24 | Twice she asked him to stay for a cup of tea , but he refused . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to stay for a cup of tea , then , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Vic Wilcox asks Brian Everthorpe to stay for a meeting he has arranged with his technical and production managers . |
| 27 | She had come to visit her sister for the third year running and , as on the three previous occasions , hoped to stay for a month . |
| 28 | Quite apart from my visitors and my new friends , some of whom whisk me away to stay for the weekend , there are what you could call my ‘ professional engagements ’ . |
| 29 | I suppose you do realise that I 'm planning to stay for the weekend ? ’ |
| 30 | When I reached the Old Street roundabout , it was time to pick an ultimate destination — which basically meant choosing somewhere to stay for the night . |