Example sentences of "rest of the [noun] but [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I wish now I had sent it on with the rest of the clothes but I did n't want to risk crushing it . ’
2 She knew that she ought to be paying some attention to the rest of the class but she was altogether too excited to let the matter rest .
3 And er we played at a high tempo and we passed it and really dominated the rest of the game but our finishing could have been better .
4 Today we should have met up with the rest of the tribe but we are n't as fit as we might be .
5 This account of normalisation focuses on opening up a range of life-style opportunities which are available to the rest of the population but which have tended to be closed to people with learning difficulties .
6 It 's going to pull us a little bit closer to the rest of the pack but we have still got a good squad . ’
7 I forget the rest of the quotation but it 's definitely on the wing . ’
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