Example sentences of "stay there [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 2 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 3 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
| 4 | The shares were six times subscribed and opened at 193p , staying there for a second or two before going decisively through 200p ; at the year end they stood at 218p , a rise of 70% on the issue price , and were valued on a historic price/earnings multiple of 30.8 ( and yield of 1.4% ) . |
| 5 | He came out of the clinic on 19 March having stayed there for a week longer than he had anticipated , and was once again forced to rest . |
| 6 | The young woodlice hatch in this pouch and stay there for a while . |
| 7 | The saddles are neat and trim , and stay there for a week to ten days . |
| 8 | Right now she 'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and stay there for a week , sleeping her troubles away . |
| 9 | They 're especially pleased because artists of Springsteen 's stature normally head straight for Wembley and stay there for a week . |
| 10 | ‘ I should stay there for a while , ’ said Elise , when she brought in a breakfast tray . |
| 11 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 12 | He had to stay there for a year . |
| 13 | So , but we were able to stay there for a time . |
| 14 | They stayed there for a quarter of an hour , the only movement being the driver slowly inching his little finger up so that he could lock the door . |
| 15 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 16 | A statement that the buildings in Old Aberdeen are beautiful is embedded within an assertion that the speaker was recently in Old Aberdeen , and stayed there for a period , and so she has a warrant for making the statement . |