Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [art] rest of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leith swallowed hard , and knew , before the weakness of loving him , the weakness of wanting him battered down the rest of her defences , small though those defences were , that she had to appeal to that in him which she somehow knew would make him hate himself if he took her . |
| 2 | Then , careless of the damage he did himself , he hoisted his bulk on to the sill , beat out the rest of the pieces of glass with his hand , and dropped down into the room on the other side . |
| 3 | Zen gulped down the rest of his coffee and announced that he had to be going . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |
| 5 | I filled in the rest of that day by pretending to be busy with the audit . |
| 6 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 7 | They galloped down the rest of the long gentle ride to the river , across a wooden bridge , and then up the grassy slopes to the terraces below the house . |
| 8 | The plaintiff 's friend then poured out the rest of the contents and a decomposed snail flowed out of the bottle . |
| 9 | An entrance porch , cloakrooms and lavatories made up the rest of the accommodation . |
| 10 | Some mill-workers on a mid-shift and a group of men crossing the river to look for work made up the rest of the throng , with the exception of a portly little man with a bowler hat , waistcoat and watch-chain , a foreman from one of the Govan yards on an errand for the Head Office . |
| 11 | The Tokugawa confirmed their hold on power by a complex structure of physical , political and economic controls over the several hundred local lords ( daimyo ) whose domains ( han ) made up the rest of the country , the samurai ( warrior ) class who constituted their followers and the populace who resided within their territories . |
| 12 | It was the veil that told it was not the garden , then the hat that went to race-meetings and the dressing-case made up the rest of the story : Maman was going away . |
| 13 | Photographs , coloured yarn and a short text made up the rest of the display . |
| 14 | The influence of Central Office toned up the rest of the organization . |
| 15 | Ward knocked back the rest of his tequila and called for the cuenta . |
| 16 | On being offered the choice of recantation or the stake he chose the former and , deprived of his see , lived out the rest of his short days as a prisoner in Thorney Abbey . |
| 17 | There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . |
| 18 | He reached over for the glass and swallowed down the rest of its contents , eyeing her malevolently . |
| 19 | When they 'd gone Maggie gathered up the rest of the dishes and piled them in the sink . |
| 20 | There were several work-benches holding tools and various pieces of covered work , while shelving , tall cupboards and a low , flat sink took up the rest of the wall space . |
| 21 | Dee disobeyed orders , told the joke and the band drowned out the rest of his act . |
| 22 | While Western commuters hoist newspapers in front of faces and shut out the rest of society , Chinese people will use a train journey to chat and offer snacks to each other . |
| 23 | Rain ran up the rest of the stairs . |
| 24 | In a deliberately uncouth way , she drank back the rest of her wine . |