Example sentences of "stay [prep] [art] friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family were staying with a friend of my grandmother 's in La Ciotat , a small harbour town near Marseille , our normal home . |
| 2 | He 's in New York , you know , though he insists on staying with a friend in that dreadful apartment over on the West side . |
| 3 | I was at university and it was in recess and we were having a social evening in a village hall and I was staying with a friend . |
| 4 | This happens when the genitive is the principal part of an of-adjunct to a preceding noun : It was no fault of the Doctor 's , I 'm staying with a friend of Mary 's . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm staying with a friend and it 's even more cramped than your sister 's flat , ’ he said politely , and Claudia repressed a smile ; Denzil 's flat had plenty of room , but she was glad Roman did n't want to share it with Dana . |
| 6 | Robert Montague was staying at a friend 's house in Cornwall one long , wet weekend in early December when he realised the moment had come to strike . |
| 7 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
| 8 | ‘ They stay with a friend for two or three weeks but they usually fall out and the ex-offender becomes homeless . ’ |
| 9 | Every year on her annual holidays , Patsy paid a dutiful visit of one half day to the orphanage which had reared her , and then she went to stay with a friend who had married in Dublin . |
| 10 | Pete Garrett , 54 , wrote to the DSS telling them he was going to stay with a friend in the city — the fifth largest in Britain . |
| 11 | Auntie Lou 's cold ‘ hung on ’ , as she put it , and she went to stay with a friend in the bigger town down the valley . |
| 12 | ‘ Apparently , Owen is intending to take Liz off for a weekend trip , all on their own , while the children are going to stay with a friend . |
| 13 | Spun me a good story about her husband , Malcolm , and how he 'd died , and she was going to stay with a friend in Birkleigh until she found a living-in job where she could keep you . |
| 14 | and then if he ever wants to stay over a friends |
| 15 | So I left , and went to stay at a friend 's . |
| 16 | Three years ago , Philip and Victoria took a four-week trip to San Francisco and stayed with a friend who had completely transformed the interior of his house with Oriental art and antiques . |
| 17 | They stayed at a friend 's beach house and enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion . |