Example sentences of "to spend the [noun sg] of my life " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 2 | Personally , what I wanted was to spend the rest of my life in Moscow together with my collection of icons . |
| 3 | I was having a nervous breakdown and I had to decide whether I was going to spend the rest of my life hiding under a bed , or whether I was going to do what I wanted to do . ’ |
| 4 | I felt such a strong love for them that I planned to spend the rest of my life among them , and to try to become more like them . |
| 5 | Apart from anything else , I 've not met a girl I 'd want to spend the rest of my life with — at least , not until I met you , and Harry 's pipped me to the post . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I hope to spend the rest of my life convincing you , every day , how very much I love you , ’ he said thickly , gazing down into her lovely face . |
| 8 | My favourite cousin is in remission , a transplant is now possible , my favourite girl has found her natural mother — and I have found the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with . ’ |
| 9 | Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park . |
| 10 | I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him . |
| 11 | I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him . |