Example sentences of "[verb] to end [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I were you , James , I would n't call these people niggers — unless , of course , you want to end up in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Unless you want to end up in the Mediterranean . ’ |
| 3 | My dad , who , as I have already told you , was a docker by trade , never seemed to take that much interest in any of us and though he could sometimes earn as much as a pound a week , the money always seemed to end up in the Black Bull , where it was spent on pint after pint of ale , and gambled away on games of cribbage or dominoes in the company of our next-door neighbour , Bert Shorrocks , a man who never seemed to speak , just grunt . |
| 4 | Those who knew him remember an amiable man , but not necessarily the sort of person you 'd expect to end up in the White House . |
| 5 | Ticking off another tower is known as ‘ tower grabbing , and you always seem to end up in the pub afterwards ’ . |
| 6 | Duncan hoped that the drink was n't going to end up in the cockpit . |
| 7 | But they 're , they 're the gov they 're going to end up in the government . |
| 8 | So it should be assumed that a similar number of those who changed in the ‘ right ’ direction were similarly ill-informed about their new choice , and just happened to end up in the ‘ right ’ group by chance . |
| 9 | Tradesmen presenting inflated bills have no interest in countering the popular belief that slow payers tend to end up in the Hudson River wearing cement slippers . |
| 10 | We do n't want to end up in the beer tent at three o'clock ’ — DICK BEST ( England coach ) about the Selkirk Sevens , where his seven lost in the quarter-finals to Gala . |
| 11 | I mean , people like me are the sort he expects to end up in the nick , not blokes he 'd invite to one of his do 's . |
| 12 | Of course , this actually never happens but surprisingly people do seem to end up in the correct position . |