Example sentences of "[verb] to end up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to restore my 1967 LWB and hope to end up with a functional , economic vehicle . |
| 2 | Ideally you might like to end up with a set which , even if only subconsciously , reminds you of the atmosphere and tension of those rallies . ’ |
| 3 | Not every idea we have is going to end up as a full research project . |
| 4 | I saw Lukic launch into the tackle and it looked , for all the world , like it was going to end up as a foul but I could n't see if it was outside the area . |
| 5 | Which rather proves a point that in fact it was a low period , and therefore if you take a low period historically , which is er includes a a boom in inverted commas , within that , then overall you 're going to end up with a very low figure er in total . |
| 6 | They are going to end up with a lot of bankrupt people . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you levelling ? ’ he asked , ‘ 'cos if you ai n't that kid is still going to end up in a body-bag . ’ |
| 8 | The client may say , ‘ My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to have a heart attack ’ , or , ‘ I ca n't cope any more ’ , or , ‘ I think I 'm going to end up in a mental hospital ’ . |
| 9 | So if you know that just by opening the door you 're bound to end up with a space-age vacuum cleaner , 50 encyclopaedias , a new patio or a tarmac-covered drive , you could try hiding in the broom cupboard until he 's gone . |
| 10 | It 's not much after what you 've just been through , but I 'd hate to end up in a French jail and , as I forgot my licence , I 'm not insured to move this car . ’ |
| 11 | erm Magistrates only send people to prison because they feel the circumstances of the case justify it and erm I think in the public mind erm the criticism is more often the reverse , that Magistrates are too soft , and I 've heard Lord Hailsham say more than once that if we do pay a price for the lay magistrate system it is leniency because what happens , and the difference between the lay magistrate system and the stipendiary system or the Crown Court system is that Magistrates do sit in threes , and what that tends to do is lead to compromises in sentence because discussion between three people irons out extreme views and you do tend to end up with a very well considered compromise view , which probably does tend to be more lenient than a sentence imposed by any one person who might himself take a very serious view of the circumstances . |
| 12 | It 's quite common when changing old basin taps to end up with a cracked basin . |
| 13 | It is an essential part of the composition and , as George put it : ‘ You do n't want to end up with a cushion that resembles a lump of putty . ’ |
| 14 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |
| 15 | And apparently Jason Horfitz then said he would n't be passing on the information he had to anybody else as he did n't want to end up in a ditch . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wonder what dreadful thing I did to end up as a human being ? ’ |