Example sentences of "stay [prep] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success of the wine evening on the Friday of the October play , was a pleasant surprise to us all with approximately forty people staying after the performance for a glass of wine , a look round the set and backstage . |
| 2 | Total membership fluctuated widely around 5,000 and it is clear that many members only stayed with the Party for a short time . |
| 3 | Each puppy stays with a volunteer for a year before finishing its training with qualified experts . |
| 4 | Each Falcon stays with the team for a 3-year tour . |
| 5 | It is fishing about fifty metres offshore , flicking its tail as it dives , and staying under the water for only thirty seconds or so . |
| 6 | Our next-door neighbours , Mr and Mrs Buckley , had a daughter named Sally who had been staying with an aunt for a year or so . |
| 7 | She had stayed in the cellar for what she thought was about three days and then realised that she had n't felt the vibration of gunfire for some time , perhaps a day and a night . |
| 8 | It was assumed that schools would be using the materials and theme for about twelve periods a week for six weeks , as Miss Garnett noted : " This is probably as long as the steam stays in a theme for this age , and nobody should feel embarrassed about pulling out of it quicker if it seems right to do so " ( Leicester/Leicestershire Curriculum Development Project 1970 : I ) . |
| 9 | Though Alner also failed to win with his other three rides , he stays in the lead for the Daily Telegraph Men 's Championship with a tally of 16 — four ahead of Philip Scholfield . |
| 10 | The lithium is stored in aluminium , stays in the reactor for up to a year where it is bombarded with neutrons . |
| 11 | Even if the racket stays in the cupboard for six months it will still need a restring — the strings will have stretched and gone ‘ dead ’ . |
| 12 | Prices for a family of four staying in an apartment for two weeks this June start at just £287 — and that 's for the whole family ! |
| 13 | Some of the crew will go on to work on Tornados ; more are staying in the area for family reasons and will move to Brize Norton or Lyneham where they 'll be working on VC10s . |
| 14 | But I have stayed on the park for every day in our championship matches this season and I am confident I can last the full five days of the Test . |
| 15 | As she seems to have stayed on the island for only three weeks , however , being moved back to Stirling when the English army left Scotland at the end of September , we can only conclude that these are testimony not to Mary as an infant prodigy , but to her fascination as a source of romance and legend . |
| 16 | It stays on the beach for a further six to eight weeks . |
| 17 | He 'll put one foot down , it stays on the surface for a second , he transfers his weight and sinks up to his body . |
| 18 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 19 | She might have stayed at the home for years — people do . |
| 20 | 2 She stays at the market for 1 hour , then starts to drive home at 40km per hour . |
| 21 | And now this absurd notion of staying at the centre for an extra week , just to be with him ! |
| 22 | Children are assessed while staying at the Institute for up to four weeks ( this may be extended in some cases ) . |
| 23 | This decision divided the independent types from the gregarious ; some thoroughly enjoyed staying at the hostel for years : |
| 24 | Use a sunscreen with a SPF greater than 10 from 6 months onwards , and then only let them stay in the sun for short periods . |
| 25 | Er and this erm virus actually will er stay in the seed , it will stay in the soil , it will stay in the soil for years and plant other varieties , or other er plants in there . |
| 26 | For obvious reasons , people receiving injections of the drug must stay in the dark for a few days , and keep out of direct sunlight for a month , or longer . |
| 27 | Eventually the carabiniere got bored and let Eric stay in the lavatory for as long as he wanted . |
| 28 | She did not stay in the room for long ; it was too full of Bella . |
| 29 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 30 | ‘ You can only stay on the planet for twenty-four hours . ’ |