Example sentences of "be [prep] the rest [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time . |
| 2 | Some odd-looking monsters had been produced by designers striving to come to terms with these innovations , but by 1880 warships were already essentially what they were to be for the rest of the century , armoured , steam-driven and screw-propelled , with their main armament in revolving turrets or carried broadside . |
| 3 | She was in limbo and would be for the rest of her life , if you could call it a life , dragging out its weary length with no more great joys or fearful griefs for her , for her blood was running too thin to bear them . |
| 4 | Right I 'll be for the rest of the tutorial really , erm find yourselves something to do , I just really want to follow up er the little amount of time that I spent with second years er looking at their action plans . |
| 5 | In the car , leaning her head on his consenting but exasperated shoulder , she said , ‘ We do n't have to be like the rest of the people round here . |
| 6 | ‘ Should n't you be with the rest of your team ? ’ |
| 7 | But I said to well you know Dave and I will be in the rest of today if you do get worried . |