Example sentences of "[pers pn] stay [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stayed away for three days , and then I came home . |
| 2 | The Luggnuggians are polite and generous people , and I stayed here for three months . |
| 3 | But latterly I 've been here very little ; in fact it must be at least fifteen years since I stayed here for any length of time … |
| 4 | They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know . |
| 5 | I stayed there for five weeks and after another operation was pronounced ‘ partially sighted ’ enough to be registered as blind . |
| 6 | I stayed there for five years and was still drinking . |
| 7 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 8 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 9 | I stayed there for three days , until the snow began to melt , dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof . |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't you stay still for five minutes ? |
| 11 | Is she staying on for another couple of Luxembourg performances ? |
| 12 | She stayed away for two weeks , and there were reports that she had been seen in Bath with Sergeant Troy . |
| 13 | She stayed here for several days . |
| 14 | She found sanctuary in this remote place where she stayed alone for fifteen years . |
| 15 | She stayed there for three years and lost track of her sister during that time . |
| 16 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 17 | We stayed there for eight years . |
| 18 | We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys ! |
| 19 | We stayed there for ten and a half years until 15 September 1991 , without ever having any explanation as to why we were being held . |
| 20 | We stayed together for two years . |
| 21 | Some are management development students , they are between twenty-eight and thirty-six years old and they stay here for fifteen weeks . |
| 22 | Rather than alight at the Gare du Nord railway terminal , they stayed on for another stop , leaving at Châtelet in the centre of the city . |
| 23 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 24 | It stays away for two , three or even four years , it is deemed to be full-grown . |
| 25 | He stayed there for two years until his urge to move on took him to Hong Kong , and then , in 1894 , on a journey on foot and by horse from Shanghai to Rangoon . |
| 26 | In the event he stayed there for six years , immersing himself in the special atmosphere of rural Ireland which he found greatly sympathetic . |
| 27 | Canice added : ‘ I do n't see us staying together for ten or 15 years — we all want to do different things . |
| 28 | ‘ Are you sure you do n't mind having us stay on for another day ? ’ |