Example sentences of "to stay at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Mr Lamont wants to stay at the Treasury to oversee the long-awaited economic upturn . |
| 2 | It is clear that , despite the clamour for his resignation , Mr Lamont is hoping to stay at the Treasury for longer than most pundits would have thought possible last year . |
| 3 | Set in Austria just before the First World War the play revolves around Josephea , proprietress of the inn ; Leopold , the head waiter ; several well-to-do local businessmen and the Emperor of Austria who comes to stay at the Inn at the start of the shooting season . |
| 4 | It was a very costly business — three pounds ten a day — not a week — to stay at the Queen 's Hotel at Leeds . |
| 5 | He and Polly and the twins had been to stay at the cottage once , that was all , for a weekend . |
| 6 | He was linked with Cardiff in the summer when he decided to stay at the Brewery Field . |
| 7 | Firefighters expect to stay at the scene for at least the rest of the day — the strain of working amoung the debris under which two of their friends died shows only too clear to see . |
| 8 | Women suddenly discovered they did n't want to stay at the kitchen sink all day ; they wanted the fulfilment that comes from work , too . |
| 9 | The triangle Greece-Rome-Judaea is still at the centre and is likely to stay at the centre as long as Christianity remains the religion of the West . |
| 10 | I think a top quality keeper should be a priority for any side that has ambitions to stay at the top . |
| 11 | To be the best though and to stay at the top , you need willpower . |
| 12 | ‘ I think big clubs will always have to compete to stay at the top and these prices show the way the transfer market has gone . |
| 13 | I have continued to stay at the Abbey of Holy Rood involved in the matter assigned to me . |
| 14 | Maisie had moved out of her parents ' house and come to stay at the Wilsons ' shortly after her mother 's funeral , a multi-denominational affair dominated by the headmaster of the Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys ' School ( Day ) . |
| 15 | ‘ As I was blind , it was arranged for me to stay at the organiser 's house . |
| 16 | Indeed , to stay at the Langham was such a mark of having arrived in the world , that in a nineteenth century fraud case , a witness would declare : ‘ I knew he was a perfect gentleman . |
| 17 | Beginning in 1923 , when Vita and her husband ( Sir ) Harold Nicolson [ q.v. ] came to stay at the Villa Medici , the affair lasted into 1925 and was followed by the Scotts ' divorce in 1927 . |
| 18 | A discussion in our house on ( let's say ) the necessity of buying a new fridge will move swiftly to the education system ( via the rival claim of school fees to the purchase of the fridge ) and whether a move to another area might obviate the need for paying them , taking in a quick discourse on the immorality of contributing to the divisive education system in this country anyway ; this will lead to the if-we-sold-our-suburban-villa-we-could-buy-a-Georgian-manor-house-in-the-country conversation ; which will in its turn move on quite quickly to the horrors of British Rail and the greatly increased subjection to them that such a move would entail ; then we get to leaving all our friends behind , and to debating whether having them to stay at the weekends would not be perfectly satisfactory ; which will remind us that two or more of them are coming to dinner that very night and we 'd better get down to the off-licence ; then it 's shall-we-get-Muscadet-or-the-Chardonnay- again and for-heaven's-sake-get-enough which will get us back to the fridge , on account of last time we got the Chardonnay , I did n't put it in it soon enough . |
| 19 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 20 | He expects to stay at the hotel for some years to come to oversee operations . |
| 21 | The Hotel Manila has now been transformed into a Ramada Renaissance Hotel , with correspondingly high prices , so I prefer to stay at the Hotel Gaudi , still unspoilt , which has the advantage of being right opposite the enchanting Theatre Museum . |
| 22 | HER ROYAL HIGHNESS , Princess Margaret honoured the Queen 's Hotel in Leeds , by choosing to stay at the hotel , when a patron of the Northern Ballet , she came to see a performance of Swan Lake at Leeds Grand Theatre . |
| 23 | A member of The Savoy Group of Hotels and Restaurants , The Lygon Arms extends a special welcome to National Trust members with an exclusive invitation to stay at the hotel and depart with a case of specially selected wine from The Lygon Arms ' cellar . |
| 24 | He was n't a bit precious and starry like so many of them who come to stay at the hotel . ’ |
| 25 | Arrangement can be made to stay at the Hotel at a greatly reduced price . |
| 26 | You knew I was expecting to stay at the hotel , and that was the only reason I agreed to come with you . |
| 27 | In return , the Hendersons agreed to open the new ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shop and Bernard and Laura went to stay at the Embassy for the occasion , sleeping in what had become known as the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ room at the Embassy . |
| 28 | The pompous Bowyer was ordered to stay at the manor but Sir Edmund waved us over . |
| 29 | The corrective operation could not be undertaken until the child was three months old , and the doctor recommended that the child should be allowed to stay at the hospital until she was due for surgery , her condition producing difficulties in feeding . |
| 30 | Police believe she will need to stay at the hospital for at least another week . |