Example sentences of "to stay [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When grandfather died the farmer had allowed my grandmother and her two sons , still in their teens , to stay on in the cottage because he did n't need a new grieve ; he had an unmarried son in the big farmhouse , ready to take on the job . |
| 2 | Old Trung a toughened three-year contract coolie compelled to stay on in the plantation beyond the term because he had no money or clothes to leave , knotted the cord Dong had fetched around the neck of the cadaver with a deftness that betrayed his familiarity with the task . |
| 3 | It was clearly impossible for him to stay on in the studio . |
| 4 | Des and Rufus have agreed to stay down in the outboard and wait . |
| 5 | They 've got to keep the passengers occupied so they do n't start worrying about how the plane manages to stay up in the air . ’ |
| 6 | This instruction felt like a prison sentence , and condemned to stay up in the cloud , I scanned the instruments nervously , waiting for an unseen gust to grab our little craft . |
| 7 | So we , we were back in here by half past eleven Thursday I did n't want to stay out in the cold . |
| 8 | " You do n't want to stay out in the rain , do you ? " |
| 9 | 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 . |