Example sentences of "stay put [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will be staying put with the President 's mortal remains , and you can be sure I will not be in the shadow of Mrs Aquino , using the death for personal and political reasons . ’ |
| 2 | Sex causes complications , and in this interminable recession , just staying put on the payroll is quite difficult enough . |
| 3 | Posh Porky seemed to be torn between going along with her old man to the synagogue and staying put at the shop , where she 'd sit by the window and start scoffing cream buns the moment he was out of sight . |
| 4 | What she did n't find out until too late was that it was one thing to jump a gap but quite another to stay put on the landing stone when the surface was wet and slippery . |
| 5 | But he stayed put by the bar . |