Example sentences of "[adv prt] the rest [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , from then on the rest of the evening seemed to be bathed in a glorious , rosy light . |
| 2 | He hunched his shoulders and stamped his way defiantly down the rest of the stairs and out into the cobbled street . |
| 3 | Instead , he half lifted her down the rest of the stairs meaning to frogmarch her towards the door that led to the yard . |
| 4 | He watched in agony as Ram , with the deliberate movements of long service and old age , tore the cartridge , emptied the powder into the muzzle , and took his ramrod to drive down the rest of the cartridge . |
| 5 | They went into free-fall for half the distance and then floated gently down the rest of the way . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know my lines and I 'm dragging down the rest of the cast . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then it will fill in the rest of the sky . |
| 10 | Dawn ( 4.8 ) made a symmetrical pattern of squares with pegs , then filled in the rest of the board , working across and down , always putting in a peg next to one already there but the colours were haphazard . |
| 11 | He suggested we look over the rest of the house . |
| 12 | The irony of my vision of the glass burning up the rest of the exhibits in the gallery in which it is housed , when here it is , burning up everything around it in this flat , burning me up . |
| 13 | An entrance porch , cloakrooms and lavatories made up the rest of the accommodation . |
| 14 | The trio scored 6/6 between them in rounds seven and eight and are carving up the rest of the field , none of whom has more than 50 per cent . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When they 'd gone Maggie gathered up the rest of the dishes and piled them in the sink . |
| 17 | So the organisation of personnel , budget , physical specifications of buildings , office equipment , etc. take up the rest of the project document and its appendices . |
| 18 | Throw away all the books that give a stable routine which starts at 7am with morning feed and fills up the rest of the day with activities like quartering and setting fair — most of which none of us have time for ! |
| 19 | It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper . |
| 20 | MIDI In and Out and 9 volt DC in make up the rest of the sockets , with the mains switch completing the facilities . |
| 21 | ‘ Aqua Fortis ’ intros with a gentle lapping of waves before thickening into a pulsing yet controlled hypno-technological dream and is supported by the scary ‘ Asylum 3 ’ , which involves a story about some magic toys and sets up the rest of the track for a chilling rollercoaster ride into a spooky world that you really do n't want to enter . |
| 22 | The Scottish Union , despite their early misgivings , eventually agreed to chip in , with Midland Bank , the sponsor of the Scottish students , picking up the rest of the tab . |
| 23 | Andrew Fuller was appointed the first secretary , and Reynold Hogg the treasurer , with Carey , Ryland and Sutcliff making up the rest of the executive committee . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | A TEXAN dude that 's big in France and Germany , apparently , but this record ai n't gon na light up the rest of the west with its plodding , straight-forward observations and predictably worn voicebox . |
| 26 | ‘ I need to go to Plenty , ’ he said , ‘ pick up the rest of the band and all our gear . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ SEEMS LIKE Morrissey himself gives up the songs half-way through when he stops the vocal and uses up the rest of the needletime with yodelling . ’ |
| 28 | A good lesson or a little breakthrough with an awkward pupil can light up the rest of the day , while an unresolved clash with a colleague during morning break can equally knock the stuffing out of you . |
| 29 | A few letters and edited sections of four interviews with the artist make up the rest of the volume which has some interesting illustrations reproducing photographs of the artist and friends . |
| 30 | The only sport my old man was interested in was beating up the rest of the family . |