Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] stay for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I 'd stay for a while . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You can take me to a hotel , somewhere I can stay for a couple of nights until the police can find the very sick person who sent that letter to me . ’ |
| 3 | You 'll stay for a meal , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps she will stay for a while . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You will stay for a bowl of soup , Sir John ? |
| 6 | But many of the fertilised eggs remain buried deep among the sand grains where they will stay for a month until , once more , high water reaches this part of the beach , stirring the sand , releasing the larvae to swim freely in the sea . |
| 7 | She had hoped he would stay for a chat with her parents , but he was making it very obvious that that was n't part of his plan . |