Example sentences of "stay on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 2 | He had gained five distinctions in his Matriculation examinations and it had been decided that he would stay on at the College until he was eighteen to take Higher School Certificate . |
| 3 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 4 | Yes and did you stay on at the hospital then ? |
| 5 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 6 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 7 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 8 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 9 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 10 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 11 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 12 | Mr Pierre Mauroy , an ex-prime minister and party workhorse , will stay on as the party 's first secretary . |
| 13 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 14 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 15 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 16 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |
| 17 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 18 | He said he would stay on until the vacation . |
| 19 | He had stayed on during the war only because so many doctors had been away , engaged in service to the country . |
| 20 | She could have stayed on in the country , until they found a place of their own , or even permanently , with William coming back at weekends . |
| 21 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 22 | He stays on into the dawn — how quiet |
| 23 | Although they contained only 30 per cent of the whole secondary-school population , they marshalled 10 per cent of all sixth formers — pupils , that is , voluntarily staying on to the age of eighteen . |
| 24 | All the increases that he has just quoted — in the number of pupils staying on to the fifth and sixth years and in the number of social workers — are down to the fact that all the regional authorities in Scotland are controlled by the Labour party and they see as their spending priorities the need to create educational opportunities for young people and to provide home helps for old people . |
| 25 | ‘ In fact , we 're staying on at the end of this trip to do the world cruise . ’ |
| 26 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 27 | Moreover , the proportion of the secondary-school population staying on beyond the minimum school-leaving age was steadily rising from 29.2 per cent in 1959 to 51.3 per cent in 1964 , and by 1969 it would be 61.5 per cent . |
| 28 | He also found that the proportion of school pupils staying on after the minimum school leaving age responded to changes in registered adult unemployment . |
| 29 | The purpose of this study was : to examine proposals ( from the Schools Council ) for a certificate of extended education ( CEE ) — a single-subject qualification at 17 plus , for pupils staying on after the compulsory leaving age but not taking A levels ; to study pilot schemes already in operation ; and to advise the Secretary of State as to whether the CEE should be given official recognition . |
| 30 | A victim ( and in theory he could be male , although no man has yet , apparently , pursued a sexual harassment claim through the courts ) can leave and complain of unfair constructive dismissal but will often prefer to keep the option of staying on in the job and bringing a sex discrimination claim instead . |