Example sentences of "stay [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 2 | ‘ Alex , ’ said the producer , ‘ could you just stay for a quick word ? ’ |
| 3 | Well , people come on a day to day basis , like a working environment , right ? er Each individual will stay for a different length of time , it could be weeks , months , even years . |
| 4 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 5 | Pam , 63 , said : ‘ They used to come every summer for a couple of weeks and the rest of the year they would stay for the odd week . |
| 6 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |
| 7 | Former Nottingham Forest reserve Stephen Bell can stay as a non-contract player after a late-season trial period . |
| 8 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 9 | During their week in Tokyo , which is being funded by a private charity , the students will stay with a Japanese family , visit schools and join John and Norma at official functions . |
| 10 | It is certain that bees are very responsive to different tones of the human voice , and this is probably the reason for the country belief that bees are peace-loving beings and will not stay with a quarrelsome family . |
| 11 | His wife Hiba and son Vernes will probably stay with a local family as time goes on . |
| 12 | The existing members were told you can either join the new scheme with its improved benefits , reduced contributions , with certain rules that were operating in favour of the employer that were against them , but it was a balancing act , or if you do n't want that you can stay with the old scheme and continue with exactly the same terms . |
| 13 | It was a typical paradox that now , when he could , had he wished , have stayed for the whole autumn , he should leave before the allotted time was up . |
| 14 | The famous clock tower stays as a permanent reminder . |
| 15 | ‘ That stays as a permanent fixture from now on , ’ Dad said . |
| 16 | Erm the views of the er of the subcommittee are that that this does appear to be er perhaps a practical solution er and at the moment , er we are looking to erm make some of the spaces , certainly in the Church Street car park erm short term , I E two hours , certainly so the people who are who are making shopping visits , or visits to the banks et cetera would get the lower car park and the the people who are staying for a longer time would be at the top . |
| 17 | Those staying for a further week will be transferred directly from Kufstein to their resort . |
| 18 | He had borrowed it from a fellow inmate of the lodging house in Kennington where he had been staying for the last week . |
| 19 | I could hear the shotgun barking as I walked through the dim , dripping woods from the house , staying off the muddy path as much as possible and walking on the flattened , exhausted-looking grass at its side to keep my shoes from clogging up . |
| 20 | People put together their bids only to find that the work invariably stays with the in-house team . |
| 21 | I was staying with a Filipino family on Mindanao , one of the southernmost of the 7,000 Philippine islands , two hours ' flying time from Manila , in a place called Dapitan City in the province of Zamboanga del Norte . |
| 22 | Sylvie had told him with a dreamy insouciance that Katherine was away in Boston , staying with a charming man called Thomas Sachs . |
| 23 | Spanish detectives went to the apartment where she was staying with an Arab friend . |
| 24 | After that , it was back to Delft where I was staying with an Irish mate 's Dutch mate and his brother . |
| 25 | Melges 's answer was to pin up two crew lists , with him staying with the new Kanza . |
| 26 | Staying with the night-time air war , Night Intruder ( Airlife , 184pp , illus , sbk , £11.95 ) by Jeremy Howard-Williams is a day-to-day account of the life of an RAF night fighter pilot during the years 1941–1945 . |
| 27 | A survey of the over 75s living in South Wales revealed that 86 per cent had either visited or stayed in a general hospital ward compared with 33 per cent for a geriatric ward ( Salvage et al . |
| 28 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |
| 29 | Charles Dickens seemed to have stayed in a remarkable number of houses in Broadstairs , the Lionisers were beginning to fed , looking at their itinerary on Thursday morning . |
| 30 | It was the first time Dana had stayed in an English house , and I think he was delighted with the difference between it and his home in the United States . |