Example sentences of "[vb infin] to stay [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police believe she will need to stay at the hospital for at least another week . |
| 2 | I do need to stay on the fairway , though . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do we really need to stay for the rest ? ’ he asked her as they sipped coffee in the tiny foyer , ‘ I mean , it 's not like there 's any mystery about it . |
| 4 | ‘ I would like to stay with the firm , consolidate my training and use what I have learnt ’ . |
| 5 | Okay well I tell you what , look if you 'd like to stay on the line , I 'm obviously not exactly floundering but I have n't got an answer off pat |
| 6 | John Power if you 'd like to stay on the line just a moment , because I 've got another gentleman who wants to actually talk about that , it 's Les erm calling from Oxford — hello Les . |
| 7 | Nigel felt he 'd like to stay in the area , and I , who always imagined I 'd end my days in Brighton , yielded . |
| 8 | Presumably he gave Mauve an edited version of what had happened , said he could n't stay any longer at Etten , and he would like to stay in The Hague . |
| 9 | ‘ Would n't it have to stay in the station ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't have to stay in the middle of nowhere to be out of danger , ’ she retorted . |
| 11 | Not a cheery little forecast you 'll agree — but remember you do n't have to stay in the jungle to be fair game . |
| 12 | She could n't afford to stay in a boarding-house , no matter how cheap it might be , so she 'd have to stay in the cottage . |
| 13 | If I do have to stay in the cells over Christmas I 'll make sure I ruin your wedding tackle before they take me down . ’ |
| 14 | Erm yeah I suppose we can do , they 'll have to stay in the outhouse though I do n't know . |
| 15 | The animals will have to stay in the Star Zoo . |
| 16 | ‘ Then you will have to stay in the cart . ’ |
| 17 | If you 've never tried the strategy before this is a good way of beginning : the messenger does n't have to stay in the drama . |
| 18 | ‘ Multi-nationals like Rothmans do not have to stay in the North-East . |
| 19 | Indeed , Irish people have sought survival elsewhere , and people often left this country because they did not wish to stay in the slums of London , Birmingham or Liverpool but sought a better life in Australia or elsewhere . |
| 20 | But I mean I do n't want to stay on the sickness but it is |
| 21 | Women suddenly discovered they did n't want to stay at the kitchen sink all day ; they wanted the fulfilment that comes from work , too . |
| 22 | . I decided that I did not want to stay until the moment of his death , I wanted to remember him living … but I decided that I wanted to stay just to ensure that he was in a deep peaceful sleep , that he was n't going to suffer … and that 's what I did . |
| 23 | I do n't want to stay in the government after the elections . |
| 24 | do n't want to stay in the bedsit . |
| 25 | She wo n't just stay in the car , she wo n't want to stay in the car when she wakes up cos that 's too boring . |
| 26 | I do n't want to stay in the house and all this . |
| 27 | ‘ But then you 'll want to come back , ’ said Calatin , ‘ because it stands to reason that you wo n't want to stay in the Future — well , no one would . |
| 28 | I think that was why Uncle Hamish had been so delighted when I 'd come to stay with the family , and also — perhaps — why he was in no hurry to help effect a reconciliation between me and my father . |
| 29 | She had n't really thought he would agree to stay in the car , but it had been worth a try . |