Example sentences of "[vb mod] stay [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 2 | Think again — T J Rodgers , president and chief executive of Cypress Semiconductor Corp told a Congressional committee on Wednesday last week that there is no monolithic support for Clinton 's budget proposals — the government should not try to build information networks , but ‘ untangle the morass of bureaucracy and regulations ’ that prevent existing fibre optic networks from reaching homes , he said ; he called for deeper cuts in the budget deficit and the end of ‘ wasteful and unnecessary ’ government programmes ; ‘ Washington should stay away from the intricacies of high-tech competition … it should focus instead on the infrastructure of competition , ’ he said ; he also presented written comments criticising the Clinton plan from officials or directors of Amdahl Corp , Cisco Systems Inc , Conner Peripherals Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 3 | This does not mean , however , that Elizabeth has no freedom of action at all ; it is simply that her actions must stay well within the bounds that society has placed on her . |
| 4 | It can leave the Tower if driven out in this way , but it must stay close to the outside walls . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll stay here in the surgery , ’ said Joanna and added rather gloomily , ‘ I do n't suppose I 'll be overworked . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll stay then in the Hall : |
| 7 | I 'll give you a room to work in , I 'll turn round and walk the other way whenever I see you , and I 'll stay out of the kitchen whenever you want to use it . |
| 8 | It 'll stay there for the rest of your life . |
| 9 | You 'll stay there in the morning , and I shall ask John to come after surgery . |
| 10 | Then looking at me , he said , ‘ But I do n't think you 'll stay long in the village . ’ |
| 11 | Nonetheless , he had proved he could stay up with the leaders , and he went to South Africa in March in good spirits . |
| 12 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 13 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 14 | Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ? |
| 15 | If I did leave it , I 'd stay up in the evening to do it , it 'd be on my conscience … |
| 16 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 17 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 18 | I said I 'd stay here with the kids . |
| 19 | Oh , and I 'd stay out of the swimming pool for a few days if I were you , unless you can keep your head above water . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got a cousin who farms not far from the village and I used to stay there in the holidays when I was a girl . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I shall stay here with the real Dorian Gray , ’ he said sadly to himself . |
| 22 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 23 | He had gained five distinctions in his Matriculation examinations and it had been decided that he would stay on at the College until he was eighteen to take Higher School Certificate . |
| 24 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 25 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 26 | He said he would stay on until the vacation . |
| 27 | Filmer would stay over in the station . |
| 28 | Often they would quarrel and he would stay away from the house for a while ; but he was never able to stay away for long . |
| 29 | At gym lessons I needed to organise my changing routine so that I could take off my outdoor shoes , slip my feet immediately into my gym shoes and , even before I tied my gym-shoe laces , put my outdoor shoes into my satchel hoping that they would stay there throughout the lesson . |
| 30 | Benjamin , we may say to his credit , seems to have taken to Curry Rivel like a fish to water , and would stay there until the day he died . |