Example sentences of "stay for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warned that she could only stay for a few moments , Laura had sat down quietly in a chair beside the bed , taking her cousin 's inert , pale hand and praying , as she had never prayed before , that Liz would be able to survive her ordeal . |
| 2 | They would stay for a few months and go back . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 4 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 5 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 6 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You and Ratagan could take one out tomorrow , stay for a few days and have a look around at the western fiefs . |
| 8 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 9 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |
| 10 | In some homes it is possible to stay for a few days or a week at a time either occasionally or on a regular basis . |
| 11 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 12 | ‘ I then wrote to Gwen , inviting myself to stay for a few weeks . |
| 13 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
| 14 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 15 | She only stayed for a few months , then she became unwell and had to give up the job . |