Example sentences of "rest [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They dumped his body outside the Hizbollah 's offices with a note saying that the rest of them would die in a similar fashion if the three diplomats were not released . |
| 2 | That way , every time she turned her head to address one section of the audience , the rest of them would have something to be surprised about . |
| 3 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 4 | Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction . |
| 5 | We all had the right to do this , but the rest of us would acknowledge the others ' right to know what was going on and why . |
| 6 | ODDEST sight of the week : top Tory ‘ mandarin ’ Allan Clarke giggling at the readers ' tips in Viz : ‘ Taxi drivers , why not pop into your local garage and have your indicators fixed then the rest of us would know where you 're going … |
| 7 | The rest of us might put the same thing in much more simple terms by voicing that popular complaint , ‘ When you 've eaten a Chinese meal you feel hungry again in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 8 | Politicians , accountants , television producers , newspaper editors and all such mandarins who have set themselves up as authorities with power to say yea or nay to us , to sift right from wrong , good from bad , lawful from criminal , and to decide what the rest of us may know and what we may not ( ‘ All the News that 's Fit to Print ’ ) exploit this wondrous paradoxical nature of language with uncanny skill to attain and retain their hegemony over others . |
| 9 | With her grace , and a few prayers the rest of us may find for you , you can hardly go unblessed . ’ |
| 10 | I wonder how the rest of us could help this woman ? |
| 11 | Terry was really taken at the time with bands like The Cardiacs , but none of the rest of us could get off on that impressive-sounding , orchestral rock band kind of approach . |
| 12 | AT1 has designed the sets , the rest of us will paint them . ’ |
| 13 | The rest of us will take note of what he has to say and we 'll bear it in mind tomorrow . |
| 14 | And the rest of us will get used to it . ’ |
| 15 | We have said goodbye to a person who can not be replaced and the rest of us will have to work the harder and care the more in order to try to fill the gap left by his passing . |
| 16 | We 've always been forest Romanies , but if Wychwood is to be chopped down Boz and the rest of us will have to take to the road . ’ |
| 17 | The rest of us can make do with Profile 's fine new compilation ‘ Avanti ! ’ , 11 tracks to prove that Italian dance was more than just a passing fad . |
| 18 | Paris fashions may be just for the rich , but the rest of us can enjoy beauty products from the designers . |
| 19 | If you have to put this stuff in I think that you should be obliged to include a joke so that the rest of us can get something from it . |
| 20 | But surely the rest of us can ask that some responsible members of the self-styled Gay community will condemn such excesses . |
| 21 | It 's alright for some to be able to buy private health care , and then the rest of us can have a diminishing and reducing National Health Service both in Nottinghamshire and throughout the rest of the country . |
| 22 | It was not over then however , as the soldier said that the rest of us should continue until we had also burst our balloons . |
| 23 | They were the people in top hats that the rest of us used to throw snowballs at . |
| 24 | How many of the rest of you would say that you got where you are today , in your area of expertise , with trial and error . |
| 25 | Obviously any of the rest of you may feel some of these are irrelevant , or that other important ones should be added . |
| 26 | The rest of you can light torches from the fire . ’ |
| 27 | The rest of you must leave ; no good in crowds . |
| 28 | The rest of you should consult the elders of the tribe … |
| 29 | Oh , Penry , I just wish the rest of it would fall into place ! ’ |
| 30 | If this book were written in proportion to the number of species in the group the rest of it would have to be devoted to the insects . |