Example sentences of "[verb] stay [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 2 | I think it 's brilliant , and when I came out of hospital you said mummy , I said I want to stay here for a couple of days is that Stacey ? |
| 3 | She 's not like thirty four weeks and the baby 's only twenty six and she 's got to stay in for a week at Southwood , then come home weekends and go back in . |
| 4 | ‘ If it 's all the same to you , ’ Ruth said , ‘ I 'd like to stay outside for a bit . |
| 5 | A second controlled explosion was carried out at 10.55pm and people were told to stay up to a mile away from the scene . |
| 6 | Are you going to stay here for a couple of days , where you 'll be safe ? |
| 7 | ‘ He is going to stay here for a while . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I hope to be a strong and enthusiastic supporter of the Government and I am going to stay on as a MP . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 10 | And if there 's no work and if there 's no means by which people can get themselves you know those sorts of basic things but you know I 'm not gon na si I I could n't say that the whole structure is going to ch change becau but I think erm I hope anyway and I do believe really that er I mean I hope that we 're going to stay together as a support group in some sort of form and Yes and there 's no way that we 're not going to support other causes in the way that we 've been supported . |
| 11 | He came out of the clinic on 19 March having stayed there for a week longer than he had anticipated , and was once again forced to rest . |
| 12 | mm , mm , were , were talking about what happens when people who have fallen in love get together and decide to stay together for a bit and its been suggested that marriage can put some strains on er what started off as a very heady mutual experience , if your lucky , let me ask you this , do you think marriage destroys love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , does marriage destroy love ? , as you understand it mm a few are not sure but thirty people have said yes , who said yes |
| 13 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 14 | It seemed she 'd have to stay here for a while . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll have to stay here for a while on business , ’ my friend the captain told me . |
| 16 | Sara could not help smiling back at him , he looked so incongruous surrounded by the children , who did not seem to stay still for a moment ; the whole group bubbled and rippled with continuous movement . |
| 17 | But again she smiled and she shook her head , saying that she preferred to stay here for a while and … just think about things . |
| 18 | said stay down for a minute . |
| 19 | Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat ? |
| 20 | ‘ Would n't you like to go and get the children and come to stay here for a night or two ? ’ he said . |
| 21 | It was somewhat similar with me ; the war was on , albeit far away , and I was missing it ; patriotism and duty did enter into the picture but I was chafing at the bit like Old Dobbin who could not bear to stay away from a fire ! |
| 22 | He had to stay there for a year . |