Example sentences of "[modal v] stay [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let's stay here for a while . ’ |
| 2 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 3 | ‘ I should stay there for a while , ’ said Elise , when she brought in a breakfast tray . |
| 4 | ‘ I must stay here for a while , ’ Edward went on . |
| 5 | I am minding the shop so we must stay downstairs for a while . ’ |
| 6 | He felt that the forces that had brought him to this narrow corner of a Neapolitan street — the wish , on the one hand , to track down Elsie and now the fear , on the other , that this search would lead him to harm — these forces might hold him there , his foot on the edge of the pavement overhanging the choked and filthy gutter , in a kind of uneasy equilibrium and he might stay there for a long , long time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll stay just for a while longer . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll stay here for a bit . |
| 9 | I 'll stay here for a while . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll stay here for a bit , Jamey , ’ he said to reassure this youngest child , for children get worried if you do n't speak . |
| 11 | But I 'll stay here for a bit longer . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 14 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes she would stay away for a day or two . |
| 16 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 17 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 18 | Yer can stay here for a bit . |
| 19 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |