Example sentences of "stay on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 2 | Yes and did you stay on at the hospital then ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 6 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 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 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 12 | His departure is described as amicable and he will stay on as a consultant . |
| 13 | He can stay on as a sort of pensioner up at Framwell . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Pierre Mauroy , an ex-prime minister and party workhorse , will stay on as the party 's first secretary . |
| 15 | He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 19 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 20 | He said he would stay on until the vacation . |
| 21 | He had stayed on during the war only because so many doctors had been away , engaged in service to the country . |
| 22 | She could have stayed on in the country , until they found a place of their own , or even permanently , with William coming back at weekends . |
| 23 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 24 | He stays on into the dawn — how quiet |
| 25 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
| 26 | Although they contained only 30 per cent of the whole secondary-school population , they marshalled 10 per cent of all sixth formers — pupils , that is , voluntarily staying on to the age of eighteen . |
| 27 | ‘ In fact , we 're staying on at the end of this trip to do the world cruise . ’ |
| 28 | The Shah said that he was staying on for a while , not flying immediately either to the States back to Egypt . |
| 29 | Staying on for a while |
| 30 | A victim ( and in theory he could be male , although no man has yet , apparently , pursued a sexual harassment claim through the courts ) can leave and complain of unfair constructive dismissal but will often prefer to keep the option of staying on in the job and bringing a sex discrimination claim instead . |