Example sentences of "[be] staying [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In fact , we 're staying on at the end of this trip to do the world cruise . ’ |
| 2 | And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week ! |
| 3 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 4 | Jack will be staying on in a consultative position until early next year to help his successor through the opening months of his term . |
| 5 | ‘ Will you be staying around for a while , or going straight back to bonny Scotland ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I told them I was prepared to answer emergencies for no pay and I 'm staying on until the end of my shift . |
| 7 | Seventy per cent of those continuing their studies were staying on In the same institution where they had taken the Advanced Course : the rest were changing institutions . |
| 8 | Mum is staying out of the kitchen . |
| 9 | Emily , as a special treat , was staying over at a school-friend 's . |
| 10 | The Shah said that he was staying on for a while , not flying immediately either to the States back to Egypt . |
| 11 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 12 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 13 | I thought she was staying up at the villa to rest ? ’ |