Example sentences of "and stay [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I thought I 'd come and stay here for a bit . |
2 | It 's like the little one said last , she said , can we come and stay here for the weekend you know , and stay up in Aunty Bonnie 's room , they call upstairs , and Margaret 's face she said , well er , my god she 's got some good stuff up there you know , furniture |
3 | My parents are going to France at Christmas and erm I do n't wan na go with them really and nor does Digby so he , Digby 's gon na come and stay just for a bit and my house it has to be empty and Foxy 's coming round to stay . |
4 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
5 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
6 | ‘ They will arrive at twelve and stay probably for an hour and a half or so . |
7 | And you 'd all got to get on , and stay on for a little while without touching the floor , then you could have another go . |
8 | He found that he enjoyed going to a parish to confirm the children , or to institute a new incumbent , and stay afterwards for the sausage rolls or sandwiches at the bunfight and chat up the people with a mixture of silence and belly-bumping laughter and beams all round and leg-pulling but with care and affection . |
9 | In contrast to some other low-income countries in Africa , most children do eventually get to primary school and stay there for a few years . |
10 | The saddles are neat and trim , and stay there for a week to ten days . |
11 | The young woodlice hatch in this pouch and stay there for a while . |
12 | Right now she 'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and stay there for a week , sleeping her troubles away . |
13 | They 're especially pleased because artists of Springsteen 's stature normally head straight for Wembley and stay there for a week . |
14 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
15 | And you had to get out on the floor that catered for your particular dominant moral propensity , and stay there for the whole of Eternity . |
16 | The only thing they wanted to hear was that the prophet had said that everyone could go to Zap Zone and stay there for the rest of their natural lives . |
17 | He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while , but it was too cold to linger long . |
18 | He went out immediately , and stayed out for the rest of the week-end . |
19 | Anyway , after they 'd gone , I just hobbled round to me mates and stayed there for a few weeks . |
20 | A statement that the buildings in Old Aberdeen are beautiful is embedded within an assertion that the speaker was recently in Old Aberdeen , and stayed there for a period , and so she has a warrant for making the statement . |
21 | Henry and I reached London in early October and stayed there for a few months . |
22 | They had enough food and wine , and stayed there for the next five days . |