Example sentences of "[vb pp] stay [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was then persuaded to stay only by a last-minute promise of personnel changes at the top , but even senior Communist Party advisers had no idea how high-level these changes had been . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a serious fire and people were told to stay indoors as a precautionary measure . |
| 3 | If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active . |
| 4 | A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor . |
| 5 | Palace experienced that at Liverpool on Tuesday , when Mike Marsh was allowed to stay on after a professional foul on George Ndah . |
| 6 | And he could be allowed to stay only by a direct order from the Home Secretary . |