Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | God give you great care if you should her spare for the time that you are with her . |
| 32 | Ayrton Senna was in the lead and that 's where he would stay for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 33 | Our fascinating day among the gentle giants is completed by a drive down to Los Angeles where we will stay for the next two nights in the Anaheim area of the city . |
| 34 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 35 | I hope it will bring a few people along to the network who will stay for the music afterwards . ’ |
| 36 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 37 | I doubt you 'll even stay for the dancing . ’ |
| 38 | Ruth planned to find somewhere in Dudley where she and her grandfather might stay for the night . |
| 39 | Pam , 63 , said : ‘ They used to come every summer for a couple of weeks and the rest of the year they would stay for the odd week . |
| 40 | So they will neither go to your children nor to be sold , but they will stay for the future … ? |
| 41 | The convoy , led by a police car and two police motorcycles , made its way through Long Island City , across the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan then down First Avenue to the United Nations Plaza , the hotel where the Zimbalan delegation would stay for the duration of their three-day visit to New York . |
| 42 | ‘ You did n't stay for the , safe opening this morning , then ? ’ |
| 43 | She would need to buy something for Terry — even if she did n't stay for the wedding . |
| 44 | ‘ You 'll not stay for the wedding ? |
| 45 | ‘ And now , knowing the truth , or as much as I 'm prepared to divulge , will you not stay for the wedding ? |
| 46 | You can stay for the time being . |
| 47 | Your talk will be the first item on the agenda you need not stay for the rest of the meeting unless you want to . |
| 48 | So you did n't stay for the evening ? |
| 49 | ‘ No , we wo n't stay for the party , ’ Guido was saying , as Ronni fought to shake the feeling from her . |
| 50 | I hope you will stay for the barbecue . |
| 51 | So erm how did it , did you stay for the full six months or did it er extend further than that ? |
| 52 | There is evidence from which it appears that the United Nations Organisation considers that there are persons whom it may treat as the representatives of the Republic of Somalia . |
| 53 | Perhaps even more destructively , the Philharmonic Hall acoustic does not make for the clarity of diction experienced in the average theatre . |
| 54 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 55 | If we can only slip inside Germany we can make for the autobahn and then for the Black Forest area . ’ |
| 56 | I would make for the Federal Republic . ’ |
| 57 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 58 | But I did make for the baize door a little more quickly than on my way in , and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons , kicking it half-way across the floor . |
| 59 | Any graduate visiting the University should first make for the Visitors ' Centre , where they can be sure of a warm welcome . |
| 60 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |