Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] and [prep] the end " in BNC.
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1 | We were all expected to work hard and at the end of each term we had examinations . |
2 | Now it has 200 and by the end of the year there will be close to 400 . |
3 | Lord Aldington opposed this and in the end Mr Justice Morritt agreed with him . |
4 | Several of his perfumes seemed promising and in the end she took away samples in three small bottles and promised that she would return when she had tried them out . |
5 | Erm as er you went on as er as far as referrals were concerned and the objections that were raised you , you apacked really and , and , and went through and overcome those and at the end of the day you , you got the , you got really what you er what you were aiming for that er to get him to , to speak to these people between now and the next appointment so you could er , you could come back . |
6 | The de Veres ' change of heart , however , proved short-lived and by the end of the decade the family was again involved in opposition to Edward IV , this time in support of the earl of Warwick , whose sister Margaret had married the thirteenth earl of Oxford , John de Vere . |
7 | The de Veres ' change of heart , however , proved short-lived and by the end of the decade the family was again involved in opposition to Edward IV , this time in support of the earl of Warwick , whose sister Margaret had married the thirteenth earl of Oxford , John de Vere . |
8 | Originally there were to be two of these , one for the preparation of a general statute and one to deal with local variations , but the arrangement proved unworkable and by the end of April 1859 there were four , each with responsibility for both the general and the particular aspects of its field . |
9 | These darkening extremities , or ‘ points ’ , then slowly spread as the young cat becomes mature and by the end of the first year the Siamese has its adult pattern , with the nose colour covering most of its face , the dark ear-fringe spreading to include most of its ear surface , the tail-tip colour extending right up to near the base of its tail , and the pigment at the feet stretching halfway up its legs . |