labour of love BrE
labor of love AmE

A labour of love some thirty one years in the making.

It is clear that most regard writing as a labour of love, not money.

Putting this cake together has been a labour of love.

Writing a university dissertation is, as every student knows, a labour of love.

Finding a partner in London is a labour of love.

His clothes were few enough, and to carry Grip was a labour of love.

She said about the movie: "This has been a labour of love for six years.

Agreed that it's certainly Burton's best work as a director and seems a real labour of love.

The hotel has certainly been a labour of love for owner Alberto.

He says he'll continue to wind the church clock - but a twenty four year old labour of love is over for good.

A labour of love, the beginning of a life's work.

It was largely a labour of love, and took him the best part of 20 years.

It's been a labour of love for a while now, and at this point it makes no sense for us to continue.

It has been rebuilt as a labour of love rather than a money making exercise."

Much care and choice had gone into that stitchery, as if it were indeed a labour of love.

It will end up being a labour of love."

"It came about through a complete labour of love.

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This will require financial support, as this activity is a labour of love and not economic.

But then it was a labour of love.

OUR latest, free competition is a genuine labour of love.

It was a labour of love, an expression of their devotion.

It was smooth, flawless, a labour of love created with care and precision.

He sang his first lead vocal on Labour of Love.

Both singles were taken from the group's 1983 album Labour of Love.

They've been working on that labor of love since 1990.

This has got to look like a labor of love.

It has been a labor of love to get the club back on its feet.

The set is a major achievement and a labor of love.

Maintaining an old home has to be a labor of love.

For the guests it all seems a labor of love.

But the act is a labor of love, he insists.

The presentation was a labor of love for the company.

He felt he'd been betrayed by his own labor of love.

It's clear that this is a labor of love for Smith.

It is a labor of love for me and my colleagues.

So this reunion has really become a labor of love for us.

Now I work full time on the program as a labor of love."

The effort, she said, is a labor of love and a family affair.

"I guess you could say the paper is a labor of love.

But for a labor of love, this one's a serious struggle.

And it's a labor of love, because the pay is lousy.

They have worked on and polished the production as a labor of love.

All are invited to join in this labor of love.

Crumbling though it may be, this house is somebody's labor of love.

A labour of love some thirty one years in the making.

It is also clear that these books are labors of love.

The book, though, is more a labor of love than a cash cow.

For 30 minutes they came together - mother, father and three children - singing Wilson's labor of love.

"Yes, I made a small profit, but it was a labor of love for me."