Example sentences of "stay [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said well you 've got to stay to the end I mean , but do n't stay right to the end , you know sort of |
| 2 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 3 | Yes and did you stay on at the hospital then ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 7 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Mr Pierre Mauroy , an ex-prime minister and party workhorse , will stay on as the party 's first secretary . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 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 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 15 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 16 | He said he would stay on until the vacation . |
| 17 | She had been undaunted even when Henry said he 'd wager that she dare not stay alone in the Lodge while he and Lettice explored the woods outside . |
| 18 | " Still , I 'd better not stay long with the sepoys attacking … |
| 19 | Then looking at me , he said , ‘ But I do n't think you 'll stay long in the village . ’ |
| 20 | Could not stay long in the room with it , but the ice had been broken . |
| 21 | When challenged on this point , employers always produced a unanimous chorus to the effect that this was what women wanted , because they would not stay long in the trade before they married . |
| 22 | All in all a most intriguing debut and one that will stay long in the mind . |
| 23 | Well I 'm sure that soil does have some effect on potatoes Stefan , I mean if you get erm potatoes from down Lincolnshire , somewhere like that where it 's er quite hard soil then , then you 'll find that they will stay longer in the water before they boil away . |
| 24 | A tea bag can stay longer in the cup . |
| 25 | The thing is we can stay longer in the swimming pool . |
| 26 | These fish will form a shoal with the golden varieties and will stay just under the water surface . |
| 27 | Filmer would stay over in the station . |
| 28 | Had to stay , stay away from the windows . |
| 29 | One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic . |
| 30 | So if you are a die-hard player who ca n't stay away from the golf course during the winter months , why not try a golfing holiday on the Continent ? |