Example sentences of "[noun] had to stay [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy had to stay in bed as much as possible on doctor 's orders , Dad was spending more and more time on the golf course and in the pub to escape from what he called the ‘ pressures ’ , and Charles was in an increasingly pessimistic mood about the future of Chester 's . |
| 2 | Once a deal was struck between matchmaker and the parents , the girl had to stay at home until her marriage . |
| 3 | Too many Whitehall battles were fought because , for example , tourism had to stay with trade , with the result that a whole series of issues that should have been in the consumer department were not . |
| 4 | She had not even had the support of her mother , sister , or boyfriend while she gave birth , and the baby had to stay in hospital for several weeks after she returned alone to her bedsit : |
| 5 | Rosie had to stay in hospital for ten days , but on the first Monday morning after they let her out , she came round to visit the family . |
| 6 | Liza had to stay in bed and Frankie was downstairs in front of the fire . |
| 7 | I spent a childhood afraid to fall ill , because being ill meant my mother had to stay off work , and lose money . |