let stay

Example Sentences

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“But it’s not something we’re just going to let stay that way either. We’re trying things and trying to figure it out and hopefully get back on track.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Those here for a long time with children “and so forth, you let stay enough time to organize their affairs and go home.”

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 22, 2012

And, if ye're a real good lad, ye'll be let stay there, an' get a fine education, an' all--if ye're a good lad.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

But you'd miss me, and so would Joanie; so I suppose I shall be let stay a little while longer.

From Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston by Ruskin, John

Eric knew little about play, but he did know that if he could only be let stay out in the sunshine he would find things to do there.

From The Little House in the Fairy Wood by Eliot, Ethel Cook