Example sentences of "[vb pp] stay [adv] [prep] [art] [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 Coun Len Douglass said : ‘ He has obviously been told to stay away by the Labour group but he was there in a civic capacity and I find it very sad . ’
3 ‘ It was a serious fire and people were told to stay indoors as a precautionary measure .
4 If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active .
5 A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor .
6 Palace experienced that at Liverpool on Tuesday , when Mike Marsh was allowed to stay on after a professional foul on George Ndah .
7 And he could be allowed to stay only by a direct order from the Home Secretary .
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