Example sentences of "themselves [prep] the receiving [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet another court case would loom from this situation although , for once , it was The Smiths who found themselves in the receiving end . |
2 | Legal aid was provided for more than 337,000 people last year , including many who found themselves on the receiving end of a court action . |
3 | Black people found themselves on the receiving end of racism in all manner of forms from the beginning of their arrival in Britain . |
4 | Willpower often works — although it did not for Bailey McMahon , who found themselves on the receiving end of action by the Irish authorities . |
5 | Other artisan groups also from time to time found themselves on the receiving end of employer " impositions " . |