| CE III.i.36 | [Dromio of Ephesus to Dromio of Syracuse] My master stays in the street |
| H8 I.iii.63 | [Lord Chamberlain to Sands] My barge stays |
| Ham III.iii.95 | [Hamlet to himself] My mother stays |
| JC V.i.106 | [Brutus to Cassius] arming myself with patience / To stay the providence of some high powers / That govern us below |
| KJ II.i.58 | [Chatillon to King Philip, of strong winds] Whose leisure I have stayed |
| LLL II.i.128 | [Berowne to Rosaline] I cannot stay thanksgiving |
| LLL IV.ii.140 | [Holofernes to Jaquenetta] Stay not thy compliment |
| Mac IV.iii.142 | [Doctor to Malcolm, of the English king] There are a crew of wretched souls / That stay his cure |
| MND II.i.235 | [Demetrius to Helena] I will not stay thy questions |
| MV II.viii.40 | [Salerio to Solanio, quoting Antonio to Bassanio] stay the very riping of the time |
| MV IV.i.107.2 | [Salerio to Duke] here stays without / A messenger |
| MW I.i.280 | [Page to Slender] We stay for you |
| R2 II.i.289 | [Northumberland to Ross and Willoughby, of the fleet] they stay / The first departing of the King for Ireland |
| Sonn.151.8 | [] flesh stays no farther reason |
| Sonn.58.4 | [] ... Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure |
| TC I.i.27 | [Pandarus to Troilus] you must stay the cooling too |
| TC V.ii.187 | [Aeneas to Troilus] Ajax, your guard, stays to conduct you home |
| Tem I.ii.36.1 | [Miranda to Prospero] Stay: not yet |
| Tim I.i.183 | [Apemantus to Timon] Till I be gentle, stay thou for thy good morrow |
| Tit IV.iii.42 | [Publius to Titus] perforce you must needs stay a time |
| TNK V.iii.6 | [Emilia to Pirithous] I will stay here |
| TS III.ii.216 | [Katherina to Baptista, of Petruchio] he shall stay my leisure |
| TS IV.iii.59 | [Petruchio to Katherina] The tailor stays thy leisure |