Example sentences of "stay [prep] [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 2 | Perhaps she will stay for a while . ’ |
| 3 | I thought I 'd stay for a while . ’ |
| 4 | But she seemed to fidget him ; he would let her stay for a while and then say , ‘ Run along , duckie , ca n't you see I 'm busy ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Stay for a while longer and see what he has to say . |
| 6 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
| 7 | Salisbury looks good enough to stay for a while , although he briefly gives Sussex once again two players with three initials who have each played for England only once , the other being A.C.S. Pigott . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ said Fribble , ‘ Calatin here has been so kind as to invite me to stay for a while . |
| 9 | I 've been back now and again to stay for a while , hoping it would all work out . |
| 10 | When she recovered , she was invited to stay for a while at Thrushcross Grange . |
| 11 | ‘ Actually I 'd quite like to stay for a while longer , if you do n't mind . |
| 12 | I stayed for a while about twenty paces away from the platform barrier , numbed by the realization that I had fallen at the first hurdle . |
| 13 | Brearley stayed for a while but , after Steele failed , Edrich and Close , two experienced old soldiers , came together and stayed together . |
| 14 | He stayed for a while sitting exhaustedly as if loath to take up his burdens again , postponing the moment when he would have to go back to supporting everyone else . |
| 15 | Sophie Kimball and Philippa Coaker stayed for a while but in August Diana and Carolyn were joined by Anne Bolton , who also worked for Savills , and Virginia Pitman , the oldest member of the quartet . |
| 16 | It was cool in the shade and I stayed for a while by the deep pool below the falls before turning back to the path and climbing through the heat of the late morning past Poor 's Land towards Knarlton Knot . |
| 17 | She sat down on the grass and stayed for a while , talking and laughing with the children in the quiet , sunny garden . |
| 18 | We stayed for a while to chat and told him how great we thought New Zealand was . |
| 19 | He stayed for a while reflecting on what Fitzormonde had told him ; first , both Sir Ralph and Mowbray 's murders were connected to that terrible act of betrayal in Cyprus so many years earlier . |