Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [art] rest [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no idea how long he would have to wait to marry her , but he was prepared to wait for the rest of his life . |
| 2 | The social position into which individuals are born here is the one in which , theoretically , they are bound to remain for the rest of their life . |
| 3 | Once it has chosen a mate , it will probably remain loyal to mate and to burrow for the rest of its life — and one ringed Manx shear water is known to have lived for at least twenty-nine years . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's something you 'll have to continue for the rest of your life . |
| 5 | In 1910 she returned to London and began her work in biochemistry , which was to continue for the rest of her life . |
| 6 | They are yours to enjoy for the rest of your life , to give away , rent to friends , or to sell as you choose . |
| 7 | Yours to enjoy for the rest of your life , rent to friends , sell , give away , or even pass on to your children . |
| 8 | Payment of the annuity was continued by the king 's successor , Richard II , whose favour he was to enjoy for the rest of his life . |
| 9 | We shall be there thanks to the excellent monetary and economic management that we have enjoyed in the 1980s and will continue to enjoy for the rest of the 1990s under a Conservative Government . |
| 10 | I am not prepared to accept for the rest of the country the idea that , from now until the year dot , either everyone will have to struggle across London to get to Waterloo , which is how things will start , or worse , under the new madness that has been conjured up , everyone will have to struggle out to Stratford to catch the connections for the continent . |
| 11 | Would somebody with expertise here like to define for the rest of us what what , what differentiates somebody with a , a , an eating disorder , er from someone who 's er a chronic dieter or a chronic worrier or no not a chronic dieter at all , but someone who just thinks about it a lot ? |
| 12 | ‘ It was a day to remember for the rest of our lives , was n't it ? ’ a voice said behind her , and she jumped , startled . |
| 13 | He climbed a gate into a field , intending to sleep for the rest of the night under a hay-rick , but then he noticed an unusual light in the darkness , about half a mile away . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Lockwood , ’ he said finally , brushing a tear from his eye , ‘ you can go into my bedroom to sleep for the rest of the night . |
| 15 | This has to last for the rest of our lives . " |
| 16 | I was really enjoying my new status as a mother and being at home and caring for Danielle and watching her grow and learn was all I wanted to do for the rest of my life . |
| 17 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 18 | ‘ What do you want to do for the rest of your life , Carol ? |
| 19 | He began again , ‘ What are you intending to do for the rest of the evening ? ’ he rasped . |
| 20 | She 'd just have to send for the rest of her things . |
| 21 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 22 | The Thatcher administration was still new to the power it was to hold for the rest of the decade and a reader might reasonably expect to find something seminal in the report . |
| 23 | As he explores the poetry of Byron at Salisbury he works hard at his arithmetic and English composition until he is ‘ chosen as fit to enter the Civil Service , to hold for the rest of my active life time the pen that is mightier ( when you get a good one ) than the sword ( when you get a bad one ) . ’ |
| 24 | But they were not even to stay for the rest of that year . |
| 25 | Ms Noble 's talk will be the first item on the agenda and you can leave early if you wish to , though you are , of course , welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting . |
| 26 | Certainly of of the size of of the desn deafness claims that we had in the nineteen eighties and will continue to have for the rest of this er of this century . |
| 27 | ( It would clearly be a mistake to spend it all at once and then not be able to advertise for the rest of the year . ) |
| 28 | If UAP can buy the Trans-Atlantic stake , it would be obliged to bid for the rest of the capital . |
| 29 | If Richemont should buy out the Philip Morris stake it would trigger an obligation to bid for the rest of the shares . |
| 30 | She will need twice-daily doses of an anti-rejection drug which she will have to take for the rest of her life . |