Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an extreme case , someone may act on them for the reason that , or on the principle that , ‘ a little bit of what you fancy does you good ’ . |
| 2 | All along Zen had been haunted by the idea that he might make some blunder which would hang over him for the rest of his life , yet here he was behaving like a dope addict . |
| 3 | And Jesus does n't just chat to us for the sake of chatting to us , he , when he speaks to us his words have authority , they have input , they are vital and we must pay attention to them . |
| 4 | Elizabeth was also asked if she would like to make a list of what she does not like about community living but could not think of anything for the moment . |
| 5 | That 'll do for you for the lodger . |
| 6 | I did n't speak to her for the rest of the day , of course , and this made her laugh , I do n't know why . |
| 7 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 8 | And she said well I 'm not gon na speak to you for the rest of the week then . |
| 9 | I think you 'd better work with me for the next few days , or if I 'm not here , then with one of my staff nurses . |
| 10 | We 'll stick with you for the next three months , with fresh advice on the latest findings in psychology and exercise , and more glorious recipes . |
| 11 | I said cos I shall phone the bank first thing Monday and I shall say right , he 's took the car so you can run to him for the money cos you 'll be getting none out of me . |
| 12 | Thus it was that , as I was wheeled perspiring into the editor 's office , that the first words ever spoken to me by an NME bigwig will remain with me for the rest of my life . |
| 13 | They have an incurable handicap which will remain with them for the duration of their lives . |
| 14 | These sounds and sights of East Anglia , she felt , would remain with her for the rest of her life . |
| 15 | She knew that was one of many memories which would stay with her for the rest of her life . |
| 16 | It would stay with her for the rest of her life . |
| 17 | What you learn in a lesson will stay with you for the rest of you life . |
| 18 | You can appoint one of your own people to act as press liaison officer after that , or I 'll lay on someone for the job . |
| 19 | They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles . |
| 20 | * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) . |
| 21 | 1938 Caption — ‘ And do I put in one for the urn ? ’ |
| 22 | What would she write in it for the week in which she visited the fire station ? |
| 23 | Nobody 's gon na come to us for the lease of erm William the fourth or anything like this ! |
| 24 | They did not pick on you for the hell of it . |
| 25 | You are in Rivendell , and you need not worry about anything for the present . ' ’ |
| 26 | We either treat as a corporation a group of persons — usually the governing body of the institution , though it may include individuals who are beneficiaries and have no share in the government ( for instance , the scholars of a college ) — or else the property of the institution must be vested in a number of individual trustees , who are bound to apply and deal with it for the purposes of the institution . |