Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] for the rest " in BNC.

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1 As weird Norman Bates was climbing the stairs in that awful , old dark house , the tension was so frightening that I almost screamed aloud , when my then boyfriend grabbed me by the arm and said : ‘ Let's watch horror films together for the rest of our lives ! ’
2 Yet it is precisely at this point that students — afraid of boring us with repetition — ; search for new material , abandoning their first ideas perhaps for the rest of the piece .
3 They 'll give lots of pleasure indoors for a week or two , and can then be left to their own devices outdoors for the rest of the year ; getting dried out in summer is a positive help .
4 He congratulates himself on not fainting or throwing up at any of this and drinks heavily for the rest of the evening .
5 Neglected children were sent to special schools and never allowed to see their mothers or fathers or nannies again for the rest of their lives .
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