Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] stay [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She explained that I could stay at Heenan House until I could find somewhere suitable to live . |
| 2 | She had announced that she would stay in Paris until October , but by October she was looking for a new place to rent , now deeply involved with Modi and unable to leave . |
| 3 | A young wife may assume that her husband will come shopping with her and he may take it for granted that she will stay at home while he goes to the local football match , or plays golf with the boys . |
| 4 | Gradually the fever subsided and all the skin peeled from her body , but her limbs were very stiff and the doctor insisted that she should stay in bed , lying flat as far as possible . |
| 5 | And although Gramps had left her enough money for just this purpose she 'd been hoping to live cheaply so that she could stay in Ireland for at least a month , see as much of the country as she could . |
| 6 | They all assumed , blandly , blithely , that she must stay in London , or go abroad ; that the guilt must be endured , and no question about it . |
| 7 | I could not possibly entertain the mad supposition that you would stay at Mannheim , where there is no longer a court … |
| 8 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 9 | The English Tourist Board 's half of that erm is designed to persuade us , to persuade the British that erm is the year that we should discover Britain , this is the year that we should stay at home and take our holidays in the view of everything that 's happened , and in view of prices overseas . |
| 10 | We 're all extending our overdrafts in the hope that we can stay in business long enough to be around when the upturn starts . |
| 11 | Furthermore , there was a danger that they would stay in service long enough to qualify for a retirement pension — an even more expensive proposition . |
| 12 | Was that the first hint , no more than a joke really , that they might stay at Wyvis Hall , that they might live there ? |
| 13 | But it was soon settled that he would stay at home only till Ruari was better . |
| 14 | Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while . |
| 15 | Also at this event the Champion of Oulton series continues with Graham Riley of Rochdale out to prove that he can stay on top of the contest and improve on his third place last year . |