Example sentences of "[modal v] stay [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 4 | ‘ I should stay there for a while , ’ said Elise , when she brought in a breakfast tray . |
| 5 | ‘ I must stay here for a while , ’ Edward went on . |
| 6 | I am minding the shop so we must stay downstairs for a while . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll stay just for a while longer . |
| 8 | I 'll stay here for a while . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll stay here for a bit . |
| 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 | ‘ I 'll stay here in the surgery , ’ said Joanna and added rather gloomily , ‘ I do n't suppose I 'll be overworked . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll stay then in the Hall : |
| 14 | I 'll give you a room to work in , I 'll turn round and walk the other way whenever I see you , and I 'll stay out of the kitchen whenever you want to use it . |
| 15 | It 'll stay there for the rest of your life . |
| 16 | You 'll stay there in the morning , and I shall ask John to come after surgery . |
| 17 | Then looking at me , he said , ‘ But I do n't think you 'll stay long in the village . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 19 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 20 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 21 | Nothing could stay outside on a night like this . |
| 22 | If I did leave it , I 'd stay up in the evening to do it , it 'd be on my conscience … |
| 23 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 24 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 25 | Oh , and I 'd stay out of the swimming pool for a few days if I were you , unless you can keep your head above water . |
| 26 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 27 | He had gained five distinctions in his Matriculation examinations and it had been decided that he would stay on at the College until he was eighteen to take Higher School Certificate . |
| 28 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 29 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 30 | He said he would stay on until the vacation . |