Example sentences of "[noun sg] stayed in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he remained unjostled in his personal space , which was all too obviously dead space ; dead air ; unhappening ; the souvenir programme stayed in its plastic packet . |
| 2 | Under the old Poor Law , a man without work stayed in his own home and the parish provided an allowance for him and his family . |
| 3 | He swept her up into his arms and Ruth cried out but the cry stayed in her throat , trapped by a sudden rush of need . |
| 4 | While they shifted their things , the fourth member of the team stayed in his old place , cackling with laughter . |
| 5 | Lucenzo turned away , and the tension miraculously left , though the warmth stayed in her body to remind her . |
| 6 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 7 | At least , it was so by those who were to write up family notes at a later date : the year of birth would be coyly laundered to read ‘ 1847 ’ , thus ensuring that a rather harmless skeleton stayed in its cupboard for a while . |
| 8 | She read it through the following morning and decided not to send it , but a small niggle of grievance stayed in her mind . |
| 9 | Another lifeboat from Redcar and the Teesmouth lifeboat were also launched and the Staithes crew put on standby but the man stayed in his dinghy . |
| 10 | Another lifeboat from Redcar and the Teesmouth lifeboat were also launched and the Staithes crew were put on standby , but the man stayed in his dinghy . |
| 11 | The Sunderland contingent in a 40,000 crowd stayed in their places long after the finish demanding to see their heroes . |
| 12 | All but a handful of the 18,298 crowd stayed in their places but their growing frustration reached fever pitch in the 88th minute when Adams stole in unmarked at the far post to volley home Le Tissier 's inviting cross . |
| 13 | The driver stayed in his car and the bogus policeman eventually drove off . |
| 14 | A dark , handsome face stayed in her mind , the present man mixed with the past dream . |