Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to stay [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second controlled explosion was carried out at 10.55pm and people were told to stay up to a mile away from the scene . |
| 2 | I mean if you were n't in at whe when you were in your third and fourth year , it was a four year er training , er in third and fourth years you were allowed to stay out till ten o'clock at night . |
| 3 | Most were allowed to stay out till 11.30 during the week and as late as they liked at weekends . |
| 4 | In an attempt to make good the teacher shortage schoolchildren were encouraged to stay on at school to do teacher training by circular No. 1654 in 1947 . |
| 5 | Their supply base had been moved forward to Benghazi , which by that time had been captured by the British , and it was intended to stay out for as long as two months , mounting almost nightly raids . |
| 6 | A general election was called for May and Chandra Shekhar was asked to stay on as caretaker Prime Minister . |
| 7 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 8 | Falati was allowed to stay on at the house after the intervention of Mr Mandela . |
| 9 | Palace experienced that at Liverpool on Tuesday , when Mike Marsh was allowed to stay on after a professional foul on George Ndah . |
| 10 | Darlington juvenile court gave the girl a conditional discharge for 12 months and she was warned to stay out of trouble . |