Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | These people , Miss Schlegel , invented Disneyland and now want to turn the rest of the world into a theme park , too , by bribing ancient and civilised peoples to caper and prance for thuggish tourists . |
| 2 | ‘ We want to rehear the rest , the tapes from the apartment ? ’ asked Vice-President Odell . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to spend the rest of my days with you . ’ |
| 4 | When they complain about ‘ stress ’ they are not saying they want to spend the rest of their lives lazing about in the sun being brought rum bamboozles on a silver tray ( though the idea has its appeal ) . |
| 5 | I 'm a very private person and when you 're relating your feelings so intensely through the music , you want to spend the rest of the time with people you like to be with . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I want to spend the rest of the day making love to you , ’ he murmured , biting her ear , ‘ I want to touch every part of your body . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Any thoughts about how you want to spend the rest of the evening ? ’ he asked casually . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy . ’ |
| 9 | My favourite cousin is in remission , a transplant is now possible , my favourite girl has found her natural mother — and I have found the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with . ’ |
| 10 | He said : ‘ We want to show the rest of the country just what Merseysiders can do . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope to spend the rest of my life convincing you , every day , how very much I love you , ’ he said thickly , gazing down into her lovely face . |
| 12 | At 0915 they arrive to spend the rest of the day practising such infantry techniques as ambushing , section and platoon attacks and patrolling . |
| 13 | If you are resident in a country and intend to spend the rest of your days there , it could be sensible to opt for a change of domicile . |
| 14 | ‘ I am sure you wish to see the rest of the building , ’ the guide said sternly , and marched off . |
| 15 | Even as I say it I know this is not how I wish to spend the rest of the day . |
| 16 | I have to work the rest of the day and not finish at two o'clock |
| 17 | They have to keep the rest of their work and life going as well as helping the Party . |
| 18 | In some cases , pupils are given the beginning or ending of a story and they have to complete the rest of the story in their own words . |
| 19 | Well , if death can ever be glamorous , that , I suppose , is the glamorous side of war casualties , but I think we need to spend the rest of our time very much looking at what it was like for the ordinary people of St Aldate's. erm And here , I apologise for producing a modern slide of Carfax , but I think just to remind you that we are talking about a very busy crowded city area , and erm about a city whose whole aspect was changing during the war . |
| 20 | Nobody likes to see their mistakes exposed in public , especially those who have to spend the rest of their lives in bitter consequence . |
| 21 | Does my hon. Friend agree that , now that the Conservative party is formally represented in Northern Ireland and will have candidates in the next general election there , we should remove the anomaly whereby Northern Ireland citizens — who are of course British subjects — have to follow the rest of the United Kingdom ? |