Example sentences of "staying [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course , those who squeezed him out were at pains to say Young was staying on as Young Group chief executive . |
2 | The percentage of young people staying on in full-time education after the legal minimum leaving age has increased during the last decade , as Figure 12.1 shows . |
3 | As we have seen , children staying longer in formal education appear to acquire more political knowledge than those leaving school earlier . |
4 | The top line on the picture is even more speculative , but informed by the analysis of 32-year-olds discussed above , it traces what the person would earn with identical characteristics other than that of being male and staying throughout in full-time employment . |
5 | Even Jenny — clever , perceptive Jenny — had been impressed by Damian Flint , had found him apparently irresistible , staying up till early morning with him , discussing love ; and how that galled her , how it angered her . |