Example sentences of "[vb infin] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train had already left Sion when the avalanche struck and with the possibility of further minor falls it had retreated to the sanctuary of the station where the passengers were told it would remain for the rest of the night . |
| 2 | Theda 's eyes remained closed as the lumbering stagecoach rumbled its way from Newark , where she had caught it outside the Saracen 's Head , to Ashby-de-la-Zouch , where it would remain for the night before proceeding to Stafford . |
| 3 | And impressive though it is , at the moment , the mural will remain for the owner 's eyes only . |
| 4 | Other propositions may not be testable even in principle but may remain for the time as a necessary component of an overall paradigm . |
| 5 | No , it seems that the drifter will remain for the time being in the form of the original although we will keep working on it . |
| 6 | ‘ Because he believed that Charles just is n't going to make it — and the sovereign 's relationship with her heir has always been difficult — Prince Philip urged her to assert that she had no intention of stepping down from the throne , that she must and will remain for the duration . ’ |
| 7 | yeah , I find that , that I 've done it and I 've written down the answer and then I ca n't think which number does it go to , and by the time I 've got to number one they 're on about six , so I might as well , I 'm lost it completely , so I ca n't do that either and my project work , course work , goes towards certain percent of my marks and I ca n't think for the life of me why |
| 8 | So we 're gon na catch every traffic light on red now there was something I wanted to go into Wisbech for but I ca n't think for the life of me what it was , I must get stuck into this Christmas shopping again , really must so much to do and such little time to do it in oh he 's , he 's put that car down five hundred pounds , that price of that car was , that he got for sale on it seven , seven , nine , five , |
| 9 | Such prodigies were invariably pupils of the three most prominent schools of the area — Queen 's , Dale and Selborne — whose monumental inter-school rivalries were temporarily suspended when their products did service for the province . |
| 10 | God give you great care if you should her spare for the time that you are with her . |
| 11 | I doubt you 'll even stay for the dancing . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I hope it will bring a few people along to the network who will stay for the music afterwards . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Ruth planned to find somewhere in Dudley where she and her grandfather might stay for the night . |
| 16 | Ayrton Senna was in the lead and that 's where he would stay for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 17 | Your talk will be the first item on the agenda you need not stay for the rest of the meeting unless you want to . |
| 18 | You can stay for the time being . |
| 19 | I hope you will stay for the barbecue . |
| 20 | So they will neither go to your children nor to be sold , but they will stay for the future … ? |
| 21 | ‘ No , we wo n't stay for the party , ’ Guido was saying , as Ronni fought to shake the feeling from her . |
| 22 | So you did n't stay for the evening ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She would need to buy something for Terry — even if she did n't stay for the wedding . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll not stay for the wedding ? |
| 26 | ‘ And now , knowing the truth , or as much as I 'm prepared to divulge , will you not stay for the wedding ? |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps even more destructively , the Philharmonic Hall acoustic does not make for the clarity of diction experienced in the average theatre . |
| 29 | Having turned the car , she wondered if she should make for the cottage to talk out with her mother what her next move should be , but thinking that would leave her grandmother alone too long , she decided to make for home again . |
| 30 | She 'd make for the kitchen , she thought , and let herself out through the back door . |