Example sentences of "stay [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Conservatives argue that the Council should stay with the Government 's cash limits . |
| 2 | Over 85 per cent are then lent out to borrowers on mortgage , part of the remaining 15 per cent is used to buy liquid assets , a small part stays with the society 's bank as an increased holding of immediate liquidity , against the increase in deposit liabilities . |
| 3 | If a red-bellied stickleback stays in the male 's territory he continues to attack it . |
| 4 | The sonnets may announce a compatibility between poetic convention and authentic expression ; or the sonnets may be the result of Astrophil staying within the muse 's domain , writing in imitation of familiar poetic norms and abandoning the muse 's advice to look for an authentic writing from the heart . |
| 5 | Robert Montague was staying at a friend 's house in Cornwall one long , wet weekend in early December when he realised the moment had come to strike . |
| 6 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
| 7 | Dolly would have felt less reassured had she known Melody was staying at the navvies ' camp . |
| 8 | A relative who is staying at the Bennetts ' Liverpool Road home stressed today that they were not building up their hopes . |
| 9 | ‘ I am staying at the Queen 's Head , ’ he managed to say . |
| 10 | On another occasion Mark and his merry band were staying at the Raja 's palace at Seraikella . |
| 11 | But there are only limited facilites for them stay in the children 's ward to be near their daughter . |
| 12 | David Hopper , General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers North-East area , said the store would completely destroy the environment and views for the women who stay at the union 's Sam Watson Rest Home , which overlooks the site . |
| 13 | Manchester United had offered him increased terms to stay on the club 's playing staff ; several years later Chelsea offered him even more money to leave Swindon and he became the elite London club 's assistant-manager , but on both occasions Macari put the unspectacular west country side first . |
| 14 | So I left , and went to stay at a friend 's . |
| 15 | It was a very costly business — three pounds ten a day — not a week — to stay at the Queen 's Hotel at Leeds . |
| 16 | Maisie had moved out of her parents ' house and come to stay at the Wilsons ' shortly after her mother 's funeral , a multi-denominational affair dominated by the headmaster of the Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys ' School ( Day ) . |
| 17 | ‘ As I was blind , it was arranged for me to stay at the organiser 's house . |
| 18 | Caroline and the family would often come with me and we 'd stay at the Butcher 's Arms overnight . |
| 19 | But this time , Antonia 's mother had rung to ask whether Antonia might stay at the Jardines ' . |
| 20 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |
| 21 | Instead of Queenstown , they stayed in the Queen 's Hotel that night in Belfast , and it was lunchtime the next day before they got back to Newry . |
| 22 | She stayed in the Ladies ' room for a long time , amongst girls fainting , and weeping and grieving over laddered stockings , and when she emerged he had disappeared . |
| 23 | That night we stayed in the guards ' room with Mahmoud , but we had the feeling that other hostages were there , too . |
| 24 | And then the Knife flashed again , describing an arc in the dark room that stayed in the watchers ' vision for a long time . |
| 25 | They stayed at a friend 's beach house and enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion . |
| 26 | I wished I had been more patient and stayed at the witchdoctor 's . |
| 27 | We then drove inland , through the Buller Gorge and Murchison and up to St. Arnaud , a village at the head of Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park , where we stayed at the backpackers ' , the only accommodation available . |