Example sentences of "[pron] stayed [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought like you about the windows , so I stayed away for moons and moons and then I flew back , but the windows were barred , for my mother had forgotten me and another little boy was in my bed . |
| 2 | I stayed away for three days , and then I came home . |
| 3 | But latterly I 've been here very little ; in fact it must be at least fifteen years since I stayed here for any length of time … |
| 4 | The Luggnuggians are polite and generous people , and I stayed here for three months . |
| 5 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 6 | I stayed there for five weeks and after another operation was pronounced ‘ partially sighted ’ enough to be registered as blind . |
| 7 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 8 | I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it . |
| 9 | They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know . |
| 10 | I stayed there for five years and was still drinking . |
| 11 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 12 | I stayed there for three days , until the snow began to melt , dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof . |
| 13 | She stayed away for two weeks , and there were reports that she had been seen in Bath with Sergeant Troy . |
| 14 | She stayed indoors for the rest of the summer , lying on her bed , trying to read . |
| 15 | She stayed here for several days . |
| 16 | She found sanctuary in this remote place where she stayed alone for fifteen years . |
| 17 | She stayed there for three years and lost track of her sister during that time . |
| 18 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 19 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 20 | We stayed there for ten and a half years until 15 September 1991 , without ever having any explanation as to why we were being held . |
| 21 | We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys ! |
| 22 | We stayed there for eight years . |
| 23 | We stayed together for two years . |
| 24 | They stayed away for a few years , moving between the markets of the Sahel , exploiting differences in prices in different markets , until they had enough camels to go to Cairo . |
| 25 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 26 | They stayed there for a quarter of an hour , the only movement being the driver slowly inching his little finger up so that he could lock the door . |
| 27 | They stayed there for about twenty minutes , walked where once there had been fear and intimidation , tried to imagine it as it had been , wondered who 'd died there , whose dreams had been shattered . |
| 28 | The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance . |
| 29 | He stayed outside for a while before being ordered back inside his caravan by the soldiers . |
| 30 | And he stayed there for the rest of his life . |