Example sentences of "to stay [prep] [art] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We leave , saddened by the plight and determined to come for longer the next time , to stay through a winter and spring , to find out what that old woman had really been up to holding that white sheet up to the Northern Lights . |
| 2 | When she went to stay for a day or two on Hydra , I accompanied her on the morning boat , and left her there . |
| 3 | Mrs Parkin came to stay for a week and went after a day . |
| 4 | I attempt to stay for an hour or two . |
| 5 | So it may be best to stay off the motorway and see Brugg first , continuing on route 5 and following the Aare . |
| 6 | The cover over the top allows the moisture which comes off the food to stay beneath the oil and seal it . |
| 7 | It is harder to stay behind the rostrum and teach without learning " . |
| 8 | Offered the general secretaryship , he declined , preferring to stay with the union and ceding the number one post to a young leftist lawyer from Seville , Felipe González . |
| 9 | With a mile to run the King 's colt Anmer was struggling to stay with the pace and started to drop back , and as the runners came down the hill Aboyeur was three lengths to the good , with Craganour , Day Comet , Shogun and Louvois best of the rest . |
| 10 | ‘ I moved out to stay in a hotel and I think Tracie preferred it that way . |
| 11 | And whether you decide to stay in a castle or cottage you 'll always receive the warmest of welcomes and the finest hospitality . |
| 12 | To add to the difficulties , pleasure flights were still in progress and , while it had been relatively easy to prevent any more from taking off after hearing of the emergency situation , it had also been necessary to radio to others to stay in the air and not attempt to land until the crisis was over . |
| 13 | Hospital project director Nigel Wheel said : ‘ We believe David wishes to stay in the country and continue with his work . |
| 14 | And all he had to do was to stay in the sun and turn up on the lot when a suitable — or unsuitable ( he was used to taking the rough with the smooth ) — script came up . |
| 15 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |
| 16 | He said Muslim civilians could be evacuated or were free to stay in the enclave and Serb forces would allow the sick and wounded to leave the area . |
| 17 | ‘ I like the freedom of being able to decide , tonight for example , whether I want to stay in the flat or whether I want to go down to Gloucestershire . |
| 18 | he decided to stay in the room and watch , |
| 19 | The demand for labour from the 1950s and , later , rising relative wages compared to men has tempted many married women to stay in the work-force or to return to it . |
| 20 | The elder informed my colleague that they were not lost , but had been told by their parents to stay in the store and play on the escalators while they went to a cafe for a coffee . |
| 21 | ‘ They know they have no option but to stay in the job and try and do better , but the harsh truth is that those who have high production costs and low productivity will not survive the next three or four years of rapid transition . ’ |
| 22 | Only the knowledge that , by any modern standards , he was a genuinely quick bowler persuaded Ellcock to stay in the game and continue the battle for fitness when he was forced to return to his adopted London home from England 's tour of his native West Indies in 1990 without bowling a competitive ball . |
| 23 | He said he wanted to stay in the game and would keep his options open . |
| 24 | ‘ My main aim will be to stay in the team and help Ipswich finish high up in the First Division . ’ |
| 25 | We decided to stay in the house and have an early lunch with some of Lady Furness ’ friends . |
| 26 | I do n't want to stay in the house and all this . |
| 27 | Additionally Britain 's high divorce rate ( 37 per cent in 1991 ) and the economic insecurity experienced by lone mothers is another incentive for women to stay in the workforce and increase their skills . |
| 28 | It meant only that one had to stay inside the school and stroll through the grounds a couple of times . |
| 29 | Gordon Durie , suffering from double vision , was allowed to stay on the park and then missed the game 's two clearest openings . |
| 30 | The North Sea Oil bonanza — money that should have been spent encouraging and harnessing the potential of young people to live in a new , modern world — was instead squandered paying them to stay on the dole and to stay away from schools , colleges and training . |