Example sentences of "could end up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Taking a lump sum reduces the pension you receive but , on the other hand if you invest the money wisely , you could end up with a higher income .
2 If you find a swim where you can trot down you could end up with a good bag of dace as large , individually , as those you may catch from the main river .
3 The source would not specify exactly which technologies Nynex proposes to use , but noted that ‘ it is likely that the 11 railways could end up with a digital backbone , which is very interesting given what 's going on in Brussels right now .
4 Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy .
5 If we did n't get the damage repaired , we could end up with a blind ship and fly ourselves into a black hole .
6 However , it should be pointed out that not every coffin-maker or funeral furnisher knew this and one could end up with the horrendous mismatch of an elderly widower being given a plate intended for a young girl .
7 ‘ If I could end up with the Olympic , world , European and Commonwealth golds , I reckon that might make even Carl blink .
8 It could end up as a public dogfight .
9 But it could end up as the only game in town . ’
10 The runners string out in a line across the road as it is unsafe to have them five or six deep ; if one of the front runners fell , sacks of coal and people could end up in a nasty heap .
11 The Council could end up in a net loss position as currently there is a non-alignment of EC Development programme priorities and Regional Council capital spending priorities .
12 If this frequency does n't suit you , now is the time to talk things through because otherwise you could end up in a longterm relationship in which sex is not what you thought it would be .
13 In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners .
14 In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners .
15 ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’
16 BE good to your secretary or you could end up in the worst seats on business flights and be booked into lousy hotels .
17 He was at Ibrox in 1971 when 66 fans died in a crush on the steps of the stadium ; in September 1980 , he had to watch the pathetically outmatched Welsh bantam-weight Johnny Owen die at the hands of Lupe Pintor , after writing beforehand ‘ this fight could end up in the intensive care unit ’ ; and he saw the heart-bursting tension of a World Cup qualifying match kill the man with whom he had an almost filial relationship , the Celtic and Scottish national football manager , Jock Stein .
18 It could end up like the Little Big Horn .
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