Example sentences of "they stay for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Frequently they stay for some days . |
2 | They stayed for two weeks , grazing the yaks . |
3 | Once the children were fully fit , the family went on to Paris , where they stayed for two months . |
4 | During the ‘ Killing Times ’ of the 1880s , when the Covenanters were being hunted down and killed mercilessly , the father fled with his family to Ireland , where they stayed for several years , probably until after James II and VII was deposed in 1688 . |
5 | Once in South Africa , they went to Johannesburg where they stayed for twenty weeks before going on to Durban , Port Elizabeth , Cape Town and Kimberley . |
6 | So greatly did they enjoy the celebrations that they stayed for three days . |