Example sentences of "[vb mod] stay [adv prt] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , he had proved he could stay up with the leaders , and he went to South Africa in March in good spirits . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | If I did leave it , I 'd stay up in the evening to do it , it 'd be on my conscience … |
| 8 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He said he would stay on until the vacation . |
| 15 | Filmer would stay over in the station . |
| 16 | Reginald Bray , who was associated with the settlement movement in Camberwell , even seemed to doubt whether the youths needed to sleep , describing in 1904 how they would stay out on the streets ‘ until it is dark , and often in summer until dawn begins to break … the street and not the house ought probably to be regarded as the home ’ . |
| 17 | The defence minister , General Pavel Grachev , called for a compromise and promised that the army would stay out of the dispute . |
| 18 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 19 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 20 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 21 | Mr Pierre Mauroy , an ex-prime minister and party workhorse , will stay on as the party 's first secretary . |
| 22 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |
| 23 | At any gathering of the faithful , he will stay up until the small hours debating ideas with all and sundry , pulling people with different backgrounds into the same conversation . |
| 24 | Some of the huge flocks of Scandinavian thrushes ( fieldfare , redwing , and song-thrush mainly ) which pass through in spring and autumn , will enter the traps but the majority will stay out on the hillsides . |
| 25 | PNG soldiers will stay out of the island and the ‘ Bougainville Revolutionary Army ’ , which has led the rebellion , will be disbanded . |
| 26 | The pound fell again as Mr Major insisted we will stay out of the ERM until it is reformed . |
| 27 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 28 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |