Example sentences of "to stay [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We leave , saddened by the plight and determined to come for longer the next time , to stay through a winter and spring , to find out what that old woman had really been up to holding that white sheet up to the Northern Lights . |
| 2 | But gear it to stay between 2000 and 4000rpm and it soars away . |
| 3 | This has to stay between you and me . |
| 4 | erm it 's going to be in the Northgate Hall and erm members of the churches from the city centre are going to staff that between five and seven for those who 've nowhere to stay between those hours . |
| 5 | When I reached the Old Street roundabout , it was time to pick an ultimate destination — which basically meant choosing somewhere to stay for the night . |
| 6 | No place to stay for any time , but food every ten miles or fifteen or twenty . |
| 7 | Seventy have been given refugee status and 240 have been allowed to stay for a year after which their cases will be reviewed . |
| 8 | She had come to visit her sister for the third year running and , as on the three previous occasions , hoped to stay for a month . |
| 9 | Soviet subsidies to Vietnam ended in late 1990 , and the American embargo — which includes a veto on IMF loans to Vietnam — looks set to stay for the immediate future . |
| 10 | She planned to stay for a couple of days in the Arts Club in Edinburgh , as she belonged to a London club that had a reciprocal arrangement . |
| 11 | We were in Bath to stay for a couple of weeks with my parents , in time for Christmas and ‘ New Year 's ’ . |
| 12 | The next time I went to see Dorothy I was not allowed to stay for long . |
| 13 | ‘ That is real politeness , then , to stay for two and a half hours , in an old woman 's bedroom , listening and asking questions . |
| 14 | The boy lives with his aunt but his mother , who is estranged from Luke 's father , often has him to stay for a couple of days . |
| 15 | One day she rashly invited him to stay for a weekend . |
| 16 | Vic Wilcox asks Brian Everthorpe to stay for a meeting he has arranged with his technical and production managers . |
| 17 | Twice she asked him to stay for a cup of tea , but he refused . |
| 18 | He went home on the Saturday night of his third week with someone who invited him to stay for Sunday lunch . |
| 19 | The ballet was not originally announced for the London season , but the company was persuaded to stay for an extra week and The Witch was premiered on 18 August the night before the last . |
| 20 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 21 | I flew to New York to stay for twelve days with my sister , who lives there . |
| 22 | When I was a bairn I loathed and feared these dogs , and as my parents often liked to get rid of me I used to stay for short holidays with both uncles , and so I saw more of the dogs than I liked . |
| 23 | Mrs Coles expressed great regret when she parted with Mary , continued to provide her clothes and had her back to stay for the Christmas holidays . |
| 24 | I am to stay for your sake . |
| 25 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |
| 26 | When she went to stay for a day or two on Hydra , I accompanied her on the morning boat , and left her there . |
| 27 | She went with me to stay for two days with Mina Diamandopoulos and her son Alexis at their house on Poros . |
| 28 | At all times Flora is supported by her devoted cook Mrs Lodge , who has disquieting attacks of nostalgia for the country , but seems doomed to stay for ever in suburbia . |
| 29 | Increasing numbers of foreign visitors are finding their way to Porto Santo to stay for one or two weeks ( as well as the more traditional one-day visit ) and a number of tour operators now offer two centre holidays in Funchal and Porto Santo . |
| 30 | The previous year , when my lifestyle was reversed and I was living with my Mom mid-week , I 'd bring my pal Sally to stay for the week-end at Pop 's . |