Example sentences of "to stay [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 About the only thing that will keep the Chancellor singing in his bath is that three in four want to stay out of the exchange rate mechanism .
32 The Israeli government is firmly opposed to getting dragged into any post-Gulf negotiations ; having shown enough restraint to stay out of the war , they will claim the privilege of being allowed to stay out of the peace as well .
33 He felt it was possible and he opted to at least try to stay out of the glitterama ; and , as the movie industry would soon learn , this cool-headed assessment of the way he hoped his career would pan out would soon include his rejection of many scripts including The Godfather , The Sting and The Great Gatsby .
34 The girl had struck her three times on the right thigh , just where the once-broken bone was , and had taken care to stay out of the field of her optic burner .
35 Thakin Nu was the one prominent leader to stay out of the Assembly .
36 International : Tsongas to stay out of the race
37 The reason was that the company was privately owned by the Jacobs family , which preferred to stay out of the limelight , and just got on with running the business .
38 And he mistrusts the public attention mountaineering offers , preferring to stay out of the limelight .
39 I understand you 've very wisely opted to stay out of the limelight .
40 The government will now do its best to ensure that Norway holds its referendum after those of Sweden and Finland , in the hope that Yes votes in those countries would make Norwegians think twice before joining the Icelanders as the only Nordics to stay out of the EC .
41 Despite warnings by Quebec separatists to stay out of the province , the Queen made a brief visit to the town of Hull , just inside Quebec , where she encountered a peaceful protest by several hundred Quebec nationalists .
42 As such , it is natural for these buyers to stay out of the market until they are sure that prices have hit the bottom and are beginning to rise .
43 The Israeli government is firmly opposed to getting dragged into any post-Gulf negotiations ; having shown enough restraint to stay out of the war , they will claim the privilege of being allowed to stay out of the peace as well .
44 Yellow looks like being this year 's colour — the banana does not seem to be able to stay out of the headlines .
45 ELEVEN demonstrators arrested on the Timex picket line in Dundee on Monday were yesterday ordered by a sheriff to stay out of the city until their trials .
46 So we , we were back in here by half past eleven Thursday I did n't want to stay out in the cold .
47 " You do n't want to stay out in the rain , do you ? "
48 But the Queen , well protected by raincoat , hat and umbrella , smiled through the deluge as she chatted with those brave enough to stay out in the open under a gaily-coloured sea of umbrellas .
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