Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] to stay [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | . I decided that I did not want to stay until the moment of his death , I wanted to remember him living … but I decided that I wanted to stay just to ensure that he was in a deep peaceful sleep , that he was n't going to suffer … and that 's what I did . |
| 2 | And if she comes back to the house , she wo n't be able to find me , so I got to stay there . |
| 3 | Oh I was playing up and they chucked me out the class or something and I had to stay in at dinner time . |
| 4 | I used them , about 14 a day , for a week and I managed to stay off for about a month . |
| 5 | When I was eighteen and a half I was let out , but I think I got institutionalised being there three and a half years , and I wanted to stay there . |
| 6 | ‘ And if I decided to stay here ? ’ |
| 7 | But I had to stay home . |
| 8 | The rest of the family went to India for a year , but I had to stay behind to do A levels and university entrance . |
| 9 | ‘ I think you would have got up and walked out , but I wanted to stay on for ever . |
| 10 | She looked down into her drink and answered evasively , ‘ I suppose I could have gone back to Darlington , but I preferred to stay down here . ’ |