Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] to rest [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On market-days and fair-days the cattle were driven along the streets or allowed to rest on the roadway . |
| 2 | ‘ Punishment enough , I think , ’ he said softly , as his hands traced a deliberately sensuous path over the clinging wetness of her shirt and came to rest for the briefest of moments on the raised outline of her breasts . |
| 3 | When they immediately reacted with their automatic alarm response of rolling up into a tight ball , the entire family promptly rolled down the slope of the hill and came to rest at the man 's feet , where he picked them up and popped them into his collecting bag . |
| 4 | Fran closed her eyes , willing the frantic pounding of her pulse to slow , but when his fingers completed their slow journey and came to rest at the base of her neck she knew that he could feel every frantic beat . |
| 5 | Then an arm lifted , as though of its own accord , and came to rest on the crown of his head . |
| 6 | These separated and came to rest on the head of each of them . |
| 7 | Balberith smashed through the rear doors of the catering truck , careened along the spotlessly clean linoleum floor and came to rest in the fruit and salad bar . |
| 8 | Laura 's stare left the corpse , travelled through several unfocused planes and came to rest upon the ceiling . |
| 9 | Then he kicked and came to rest against the far wall . |
| 10 | Under his feet a little floating clump of Um Suf , Mother of Wool , papyrus reed , torn loose from its moorings hundreds of miles to the south , nestled along the bank and came to rest against the shoal . |