Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] for the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argued about it for the rest of the afternoon , he becoming sullen and sorry , she remaining dispassionate , untouched-She was impressed by his sudden remorse . |
| 2 | But he is in one sense or another occupied with it for the rest of the book as he directs the recluse in understanding her experience in terms of a pattern established by the Incarnation , and anchors his teaching to Scripture . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 6 | And she said well I 'm not gon na speak to you for the rest of the week then . |
| 7 | With a Raleigh-esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red-faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . |
| 8 | Then she said she felt happy enough to skip the Ecstasy experiment and , instead , to have an early night , so I refused to talk to her for the rest of the meal — rightly , I think — and on the way home I walked stiffly three yards ahead of her . |
| 9 | One reason that many teachers find the idea of teaching in role worrying is that they feel that once they have embarked on a role they will have to stick with it for the rest of the lesson . |
| 10 | George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | These sounds and sights of East Anglia , she felt , would remain with her for the rest of her life . |
| 13 | If so , it was at Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cummage ’ ) that Coleridge first set foot within that secluded , forgotten territory , bounded by the Quantock Hills and a bleakly impressive coastline , which was to remain with him for the rest of his life . |
| 14 | She knew that was one of many memories which would stay with her for the rest of her life . |
| 15 | It would stay with her for the rest of her life . |
| 16 | What you learn in a lesson will stay with you for the rest of you life . |
| 17 | This was the start of the parrot legend which stuck to me for the rest of my career . |
| 18 | Comrade Wu , our guide who is coming with us for the rest of the tour , is teaching us some Chinese in the evenings , and we are trying out some new phrases every day and causing them some amusement . |
| 19 | She knew that this would be a black cloud hanging over her for the rest of her working life . |
| 20 | I understand all right , and if you think you 're going to live off me for the rest of your life you 're mistaken . |
| 21 | The impact of visiting the massive tributes to monumental Egyptian architecture at Luxor , the Valley of the Kings , Cairo 's old town and many museums , and of course the great pyramids and Sphinx at Giza , will affect you and stay with you for the rest of your life . |
| 22 | I knew that she now expected me to live with her for the rest of her days . |
| 23 | I need you to love me and make me whole , to live with me for the rest of our lives and be the pride of my heart and the mother of my children … ’ |
| 24 | And then there was all this problem of who was going to pay for him for the rest of his life because he was a vegetable . ’ |
| 25 | Things from childhood live with us for the rest of our lives . |
| 26 | This is that city which readers of Crime and Punishment carry with them for the rest of their lives . |
| 27 | She hoped it had n't been anything serious but if it was n't then he ought not to have brooded over it for the rest of the day . |
| 28 | ‘ But it means you work for me for the rest of your life to pay me back . ’ |
| 29 | He 's got this really boring name — Stuart Hughes , I ask you , there 's a career in soft furnishings for you , no qualifications needed except the perfect name , sir , and you 've got it — and he 's quite complacent about answering to it for the rest of his days . |