Example sentences of "[noun sg] stay [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless our self-image stays ahead of the reality we create , reality will ‘ snap back ’ in order to be consistent . |
| 2 | ‘ Pull yourself together ! ’ she shouted at herself , mentally , like a true public schoolgirl ( one 's education never leaves one : even the religion stays stubbornly in the core of one 's being ) . |
| 3 | In court he was ordered as a bail condition to stay away from the plant . |
| 4 | Thakin Nu was the one prominent leader to stay out of the Assembly . |
| 5 | If you want an actor to stay still for a while , you can elect to freeze the path ( Kev 's pause ) , or , alternatively , you can accelerate and decelerate . |
| 6 | It is a defeat for the regime to have to warn an entire city population to stay away from the Tiananmen Square |
| 7 | Remote control releases you from the need to stay close to the video machine in order to operate the controls . |
| 8 | Around 1.7 million shares changed hands — far more than during recent days — as the newspaper group stayed firmly in the media spotlight . |
| 9 | Of all those present , the ‘ Aggro Leader ’ enjoys most status , for he is the one who most commonly leads the sorties into the opposition ( though his behaviour stays strictly within the rules ) . |
| 10 | The Israeli government is firmly opposed to getting dragged into any post-Gulf negotiations ; having shown enough restraint to stay out of the war , they will claim the privilege of being allowed to stay out of the peace as well . |
| 11 | ‘ In the 1930s a commercial traveller staying overnight at the castle informed his host the next day that he had seen an apparition during the night — a young lady with long blonde hair wearing a gown with green silk puff sleeves . |
| 12 | Small businesses struggling to beat the recession have adopted their own version of the exchange rate mechanism to stay out of the red . |
| 13 | An informal group formed this week has been mobilising the support of cricket clubs throughout the island to stay away from the game . |
| 14 | There were reports that 90 per cent of the workforce stayed away in the Johannesburg region , although this figure fell to 50 per cent in the Natal area , where Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi 's Inkatha Freedom Party opposed the strike . |
| 15 | The implications of the Government staying out of a union when they had decided , on the basis of convergence , to form one , are serious and potentially disastrous . |
| 16 | Now the position is authority together with other local authorities in this area , to start with in this authority proposes that the Stansted expanse stay there on the environment purpose , we keep hearing you saying where Hertfordshire , Harlow . |
| 17 | President Arístides Pereira asked the outgoing government to stay on in a caretaker capacity until after the presidential elections due on Feb. 17 . |
| 18 | In any case , Stephen 's mother uses Hilary as an excuse to stay on at the Manor and I want rid of her . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Investors used the summer doldrums as an excuse to stay away from the market in droves , ’ she read out . |
| 20 | It 's a deliberate decision to stay away from the glitter and tinsel . |
| 21 | The girl had struck her three times on the right thigh , just where the once-broken bone was , and had taken care to stay out of the field of her optic burner . |
| 22 | There 's no alternative , I 'm afraid , to covering up for a few days , using a higher SPF sunscreen and taking care to stay out of the sun as much as possible . |
| 23 | ELEVEN demonstrators arrested on the Timex picket line in Dundee on Monday were yesterday ordered by a sheriff to stay out of the city until their trials . |
| 24 | DERRY City stayed firmly in the race for the tightest League of Ireland Championship in years with a hard-earned 1–1 draw at Dalymount Park against Bohemians . |
| 25 | Make your way to the southern side of Loch Assynt and follow the shore as long as you can and then take the easiest line of travel staying parallel to the loch . |
| 26 | He could , perfectly casually have asked Lorrimer to stay on after the meeting ; why had n't he ? |
| 27 | ‘ But I still wish you had accepted my invitation to stay here for the wedding , instead of at a hotel . ’ |
| 28 | Before their first game against Darlington in February 1912 , the Northampton squad stayed overnight at the seaside resort of Saltburn , in the grip of winter . |
| 29 | However I would n't be happy about either having a boyfriend to stay overnight in the house quite yet . |
| 30 | Wayward Lad was one and a half lengths further away in third , Silver Buck a tired and remote fourth , and then Ashley House stayed on up the hill to pass Combs Ditch amid cheering never before heard for a horse running fifth ! |