Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one poem in which the I dominates to a remarkable extent and which , since it has been read literally , might seem an exception to my argument , namely 62 : If one reads only as far as this point , or reads the rest of the poem inattentively , one might indeed take this as an attack by the poet on his own narcissism . |
| 2 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 3 | Some of these mudflows rushed through Herculaneum and engulfed it completely ; crushing some buildings and smothering the rest twenty metres deep in a slowly consolidating welter of mud , pumice , boulders and debris . |
| 4 | They thought then that they would set out as an army and conquer the rest of the land and rule over it ; that was their mission . |
| 5 | Athelstan smiled back but watched as , a few minutes later , Pike rose and led the rest of his companions out of the tavern . |
| 6 | He stressed the importance of this final run-through for the revival of Pamela , particularly for Becky and Barry playing Pamela and Belville and asked the rest of the cast to " read in " for the absent actors . |
| 7 | ‘ ACET is working in this field because , like Jesus , they are getting alongside those in need and helping the rest of us to understand and minister to those both infected and affected . ’ |
| 8 | Then , they stopped for two months to write and prepare the rest before taking to the road again . |
| 9 | Just keep half the gram he lent you for your own use , and sell the rest . |
| 10 | Donaldson dropped the leaking ice-cream into the sink and emptied the rest of the bags into the tray from the scale . |
| 11 | Giles reached for the wine and emptied the rest of it into their glasses . |
| 12 | If you default on your loan , the bank can sell the car and recoup the rest of its money . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's time for the ultimate sacrifice … fetch that rope and bring the rest of the pepper . ’ |
| 14 | A bigger pad over the top , there 's the sling and towards your casualty and place it on the body down the straight and the elbow and the point at the same side , tuck this hand under and tuck all this underneath the arm and bring the rest of it round the back , tie it up as close to the fingers as you can and try to remember how to do a reef knot , at least always make sure it 's firm , is that alright for you ? |
| 15 | Cover meat with mango mixture and bring the rest of the pastry over mixture . |
| 16 | ‘ We took a lorry load of turf for our own fire and sold the rest in bags door to door . ’ |
| 17 | There were two hours of daylight left when Kevin Brown and the agent parked their car in the entrance to a farm track and made the rest on foot . |
| 18 | Edmondson , meanwhile , has bought himself an adjustable music stool with some of his £100 , and given the rest to charity . |
| 19 | The discredited Balliol was eventually released from his comfortable English captivity after an appeal from the Pope , and passed the rest of his days on his ancestral estate at Bailleul in France . |
| 20 | I try and eat the rest of the doughnut as neat as I can but I end up all sugary and sticky . |
| 21 | It turned out , though , that one band member , Prancer , is from East Flatbush , Brooklyn , and got the rest of Zhigge into it . |
| 22 | Others therefore argued that improved housing would bring financial benefits by lessening the number of the ‘ dangerous classes ’ and allowing the rest ‘ to play their proper part in increasing the sum of general wealth and general happiness ’ . |
| 23 | Although there are some marvellous cookery books for single people — Delia Smith 's ‘ One is Fun ’ is a good example — I have always found that the trick is not to cook for one , but to cook for four , or whatever the recipe you are following suggests , and to freeze the rest for further meals . |
| 24 | It is this sense of losing control of one 's life , of handing power over it to lawyers , that so terrifies potential litigants and alienates the rest of society from its advocates . |
| 25 | She was at least head first in this world when the auxiliary nurse rushed in and caught the rest of her . |
| 26 | Just pluck the name from a film 's credits , and forget the rest of the list . |
| 27 | Moreover , the upper classes lived habitually , indeed ruthlessly , in debt , putting on paying their bills for years until desperate creditors were driven to offer to accept a fraction of their due and forget the rest . |
| 28 | to bed to and sleep the rest of the night ! |
| 29 | There was a little more , but both handwriting and the sentence structure deteriorated rapidly thereafter , as though Chant had panicked , and scrawled the rest while putting on his coat . |
| 30 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |