Example sentences of "to stay [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 2 | It contains information about official and personal engagements and also reports when a Royal has asked minders to stay discreetly in the background . |
| 3 | But he wisely did n't push his luck with Thorunn , choosing to stay right at the back where he chuckled : ‘ I think David 's just about recovered . |
| 4 | And if there 's no work and if there 's no means by which people can get themselves you know those sorts of basic things but you know I 'm not gon na si I I could n't say that the whole structure is going to ch change becau but I think erm I hope anyway and I do believe really that er I mean I hope that we 're going to stay together as a support group in some sort of form and Yes and there 's no way that we 're not going to support other causes in the way that we 've been supported . |
| 5 | mm , mm , were , were talking about what happens when people who have fallen in love get together and decide to stay together for a bit and its been suggested that marriage can put some strains on er what started off as a very heady mutual experience , if your lucky , let me ask you this , do you think marriage destroys love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , does marriage destroy love ? , as you understand it mm a few are not sure but thirty people have said yes , who said yes |
| 6 | While in former years parents were encouraged to stay together for the sake of their children , more recently emphasis has been put on the damage done to children by parents who do stay married but are in constant conflict . |
| 7 | You know and it 's a sort of awareness you know then and and now we talk about , Oh we 've got to stay together after the strike I mean what what are we going to do . |
| 8 | The water cooled too quickly for her to stay long in the bath , but afterwards she lay fully dressed on the bed for a while , listening , her spirits rising as she realised that the wind had dropped at last . |
| 9 | ‘ If it 's all the same to you , ’ Ruth said , ‘ I 'd like to stay outside for a bit . |
| 10 | But now , attending on the King 's mother , she might be expected to stay tonight at the Palace . |
| 11 | Nails gritted his teeth and willed himself to stay squarely in the saddle . |
| 12 | I 've always been the one with the umbrella and raincoat , forced to stay indoors in the dark . |
| 13 | He took Dinah back to Mrs Patten 's on the strength of the spurious wedding ring ; he could not afford to stay longer at the hotel . |
| 14 | Even so young Maggie was not a child to cheat ; it did not occur to her to prise the egg open , only to stay longer in the bath and to forget to take the soap out of the water , when she climbed out herself , pink and skinny . |
| 15 | I asked you to stay downstairs with the guests . |
| 16 | That was only if on that Thur on that Mon Thursday and Friday if you have to stay away on the Wednesday night and the Thursday night then we cover that . |
| 17 | It was somewhat similar with me ; the war was on , albeit far away , and I was missing it ; patriotism and duty did enter into the picture but I was chafing at the bit like Old Dobbin who could not bear to stay away from a fire ! |
| 18 | The club believe they lost £10-15,000 in gate money for last Saturday 's match against Liverpool because West Midlands Police issued a press statement warning supporters who did not have tickets to stay away from the Highfield Road ground . |
| 19 | It is a defeat for the regime to have to warn an entire city population to stay away from the Tiananmen Square |
| 20 | The magistrates , bailing Raper until March 30 for probation officer 's reports , warned him to stay away from the Archdeacon . |
| 21 | Unbuttoning her coat , and unwinding her scarf , she reads over his shoulder : ‘ Day of Action … protest against cuts … erosion of salaries … pickets will be mounted at every entrance to the University … volunteers should give their names to Departmental representatives … other members are asked to stay away from the campus on the Day of Action . ’ |
| 22 | It 's a deliberate decision to stay away from the glitter and tinsel . |
| 23 | The sensible part , however , knew that seeing him would only be painful and that if she was to get over this miserable crush she ought to do everything possible to stay away from the man . |
| 24 | I was also warned to stay away from the tennis court if anyone was playing , but on one Saturday , a party was in progress and Miss Betty Farr , who must have been in her early twenties , spotted me trying not to be seen , called me over and plied me with cakes and lemonade . |
| 25 | On Nov. 13 Moi had warned foreign diplomats to stay away from the rally , and a Foreign Ministry official said that diplomats who attended the rally " would be violating international conventions on diplomacy " . |
| 26 | He said children playing at the scene had been warned to stay away from the posts until they had been set in concrete . |
| 27 | Local authorities have warned people to stay away from the river and parts of the Shasta Lake as a health precaution . |
| 28 | In court he was ordered as a bail condition to stay away from the plant . |
| 29 | Senior Tories were unwise to stay away from the forum . |
| 30 | An informal group formed this week has been mobilising the support of cricket clubs throughout the island to stay away from the game . |