Example sentences of "and stay [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought I 'd come and stay here for a bit . |
| 2 | My parents are going to France at Christmas and erm I do n't wan na go with them really and nor does Digby so he , Digby 's gon na come and stay just for a bit and my house it has to be empty and Foxy 's coming round to stay . |
| 3 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
| 4 | ‘ They will arrive at twelve and stay probably for an hour and a half or so . |
| 5 | And you 'd all got to get on , and stay on for a little while without touching the floor , then you could have another go . |
| 6 | In contrast to some other low-income countries in Africa , most children do eventually get to primary school and stay there for a few years . |
| 7 | The saddles are neat and trim , and stay there for a week to ten days . |
| 8 | The young woodlice hatch in this pouch and stay there for a while . |
| 9 | Right now she 'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and stay there for a week , sleeping her troubles away . |
| 10 | They 're especially pleased because artists of Springsteen 's stature normally head straight for Wembley and stay there for a week . |
| 11 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 12 | He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while , but it was too cold to linger long . |
| 13 | Anyway , after they 'd gone , I just hobbled round to me mates and stayed there for a few weeks . |
| 14 | A statement that the buildings in Old Aberdeen are beautiful is embedded within an assertion that the speaker was recently in Old Aberdeen , and stayed there for a period , and so she has a warrant for making the statement . |
| 15 | Henry and I reached London in early October and stayed there for a few months . |