Example sentences of "thrown [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] end " in BNC.
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1 | Lottie was thrown in at the deep end : |
2 | THREE Ipswich Witches youngsters will be thrown in at the deep end on Thursday when Foxhall Stadium stages the Star of Anglia on the opening day of the 1993 speedway season . |
3 | I was thus , unceremoniously ‘ thrown in at the deep end ’ . |
4 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
5 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
6 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
7 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
8 | ‘ I would n't want any child of mine to have to cope with being thrown in at the deep end like that . |
9 | Being in control of the finances of an organisation can pose a major headache for some people , especially if they are thrown in at the deep end with little or . |
10 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
11 | Training will be given and wherever possible the new representative will be thrown in at the deep end . |
12 | ‘ Talk about being thrown in at the deep end ! ’ |
13 | They 're thrown in at the deep end , and have to develop skills quickly . |
14 | ‘ I am being thrown in at the deep end against Blackburn and I am really looking forward to the game . ’ |
15 | Well I was thrown in at the deep end Different persons came in maybe if we had a job in a hurry and they would say , Oh you 're on at such and such a time at this . |
16 | In fact even if one succeeds in dissociating oneself from some of the more romantic claims that are made on its behalf it 's easy to get the discouraging impression that communication without words is after all a residual topic and that once orthodox language has been subtracted all that is left is a rubbish heap of nudges , shrugs , pouts , sighs , winks and glances — or to put it another way that non-verbal communication is simply the behavioural exhaust thrown out of the rear end of an extremely high-tech linguistic machine . |