Example sentences of "[vb infin] for the rest [prep] " 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 | Ayrton Senna was in the lead and that 's where he would stay for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 3 | Your talk will be the first item on the agenda you need not stay for the rest of the meeting unless you want to . |
| 4 | He could bring back those of your possessions you will need for the rest of the voyage . ’ |
| 5 | I think it is very important for those outside America to understand that , like myself , the media and people of Los Angeles do not speak for the rest of the country . |
| 6 | And , of course , as children erm , er so I think I can speak for the rest of the children around the base , the erm cigarettes , er not cigarettes , beg your pardon |
| 7 | It 's bone-crackingly cold in the winter , and it does nothing but rain for the rest of the year . |
| 8 | As Tom Wolfe once remarked about Phil Spector , another creative talent who peaked when he was young : what do you do for the rest of your life ? |
| 9 | ‘ This operation in Latvia , ’ I found myself speaking in a whisper , ‘ what is it doing that these machines will do for the rest of Russia ? ’ |
| 10 | To come to the point , what shall we do for the rest of the week ? |
| 11 | But another thing to be shown how to do it and that 's what , really what we want to try and do for the rest of the talk is to not just keep preaching at you and telling you what to do , but to show you how , so that 's the purpose of the talk from now on , now in this outline there are , I 've got about fourteen different points here and it 'll highlight ways in which we can er stay awake , what I 'm going to do is to read straight through them and then we 'll go back and pick a couple out , because it 's impossible to concentrate on the entire er amount , so we 'll do that , it 's er a number of things we can do to keep virtually awake keep up with the food at the proper time from Jehovah 's organizations that 's studying and things like that is n't it ? |
| 12 | It was said to be a sentence he 'll carry for the rest of his life . |
| 13 | The renationalisation of the water industry would cost £3.8 billion — and that is to say absolutely nothing of the £28 billion programme which is currently in place and which will run for the rest of the decade . |
| 14 | ‘ It was a lovely moment , something I am sure they will remember for the rest of their lives , ’ said one . |
| 15 | And it 's something I 'll remember for the rest of my life . |
| 16 | The kind of thing a man would remember for the rest of his days . |
| 17 | They were mementoes of a journey which all the team will remember for the rest of their lives . |
| 18 | Probably the most depressing words that have ever been pronounced about any slimming diet are those enthusiastic phrases from well-meaning medics on the lines of ‘ This is a diet that you can follow for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 19 | Walking makes you slim , builds cardiovascular fitness , and can develop into a long term habit that you can use for the rest of your life . |
| 20 | She said , ‘ I expect it 'll be something you 'll remember and treasure for the rest of your lives , ’ and Carrie was pleased because she sounded like herself for the first time that day . |
| 21 | What my Commander-in-Chief had to say to me is something that I will treasure for the rest of my days — and has only been shared with one other . |
| 22 | Whatever we do with a horse from the beginning of its life will influence the creation of habits or forms of behaviour which it may well keep for the rest of its life . |
| 23 | But I said , alright , well we 'll consider it , so long as you let us quote for the rest of the business . |
| 24 | This gives the commission powers in London that it does not have for the rest of the country , where listed building controls are exercised only by district councils or the secretary of state . |
| 25 | But he 'd try for the rest of his life to harm the boy if he could . |
| 26 | Oh aye , oh y y you better get used to that , cos it 'll happen for the rest of your life . |
| 27 | He says she is still the MP she was ; in 1986 she told a hard left conference that ‘ if they come for Militant in the morning , they 'll come for the rest of us in the afternoon ’ . |
| 28 | Josie did n't reappear for the rest of the evening , which pissed Lucy off mightily . |
| 29 | I would have been quite happy just to have been on the bench for the entire championship but , as it turned out , I had another big incentive in that as Gary might not play for the rest of the Five Nations there would be four internationals available if I proved good enough ’ . |
| 30 | If you hope that you will live for the rest of your life in this place then do not choose a house with an awkward staircase that you may not be able to negotiate when you are old . |