Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] for the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Personal self-denial for the good of others was the first important lesson Annie learned , ’ says Taylor , ‘ and it was a principle by which she stood for the rest of her life . ’ |
| 2 | Their small mission accomplished , Tennyson and Hallam sank back to being tourists , and Tennyson never forgot the scenery around Cauterets , which he associated for the rest of his long life with the happiness he had felt when travelling there with the beloved but now dead Hallam . |
| 3 | During World War I he was political agent with the Waziristan Frontier Force , and also held a temporary commission in the RAF as a pilot ( 1918 ) , an experience which evidently instilled an enthusiasm for flying which he retained for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | There were no school sports and no athletics , just football , and that is what I played for the rest of the time I was there . |
| 5 | A popular shift for returning district nurses is the twilight shift — assisting patients into or out of bed — although this may not be what you want for the rest of your life . |