Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ shouted someone at the other end of the hut , as a boot bounced off the door just as the Sergeant made his exit . |
| 2 | So that 's se and I want you at the other end . |
| 3 | Rangers , though , deserved some fortune because they had enjoyed none at the other end . |
| 4 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 5 | A key objective since Tencel was launched has been to position it at the top end of the market , working with the best mills , converters and manufacturers and attracting a premium price for the fibre . |
| 6 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 7 | Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against . |
| 8 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 9 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |
| 10 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 11 | Takes a coupla minutes and the people getting it at the other end do n't notice anything wrong . |
| 12 | IBM also finds itself at the wrong end of several historical trends . |
| 13 | And since it is a counter motion , I will take it at the very end with any other counter motions , and therefore I am not asking the convenor to reply to it because if we had a vote on it at this stage , we 'd either be we , we would therefore be sealing completely this deliverance number four as it stands . |
| 14 | Janet 's counsellor Mamie Graham is on the end of a phone 24 hours a day for those who find themselves at the sharp end of crime . |
| 15 | Stringent safety measures now operate on buses to help drivers who , like Mr Seymour , find themselves at the sharp end of Strathclyde 's rising tide of serious crime . |
| 16 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 17 | ‘ We got the two goals back , but you have to stop them at the other end as well . |
| 18 | It 's a simple strategy ; score a goal at one end and hope Big Tommy saves you at the other end . |
| 19 | Tommy winked at Rose , then left Charlie to join her at the far end of the bar . |
| 20 | There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end . |
| 21 | He also fitted it at the top end of the door . |
| 22 | A rebuilt Lower Gate matches it at the other end . |
| 23 | You 'll find them at the very end of , of chapter twenty eight . |
| 24 | Thank God for dome tents with two bays : you collect snow from one end for tea , pass it through the middle-man , and then deposit it at the other end . |
| 25 | Twin solutions to equations ( 9.17 ) and ( 9.19 ) of equal positive and negative values of a again correspond to the possibility of feeding the symmetric section at either end and terminating it at the other end . |