Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , they got together at the far end of the house and whispered to each other . |
| 2 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They 're going to come in at the far end . ’ |
| 4 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 5 | ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end . |
| 6 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 7 | If it is too drastic to jump in at the deep end with such a sweeping change , why not try it out in experimental matches , festival or night matches ? |
| 8 | And as Cram prepared to jump in at the deep end with a clash against Olympic 10,000m champion Khalid Skah in the BUPA International Festival of Running , race organiser Brendan Foster tipped his pal to rekindle memories of his glory days in his new event . |
| 9 | Not wanting to jump in at the deep end , I hired the school the day before and went with Karen , a friend who wanted to give her experienced but spooky horse an indoor schooling session . |
| 10 | Great torque , good mid-range power , but needs more at the top end . |
| 11 | The phone was picked up at the other end and Charles pressed his two p into the coinbox . |
| 12 | Well you 've got another two or three hours on the journey , but having said tha well if you get picked up at the other end it 's not too bad . |
| 13 | Their union has not only survived the rigours of a decade , but has come out at the other end stronger than ever . |
| 14 | And by the evening editions every hack in town will be sawing away at the other end . ’ |
| 15 | Both engines are extremely tractable , but the Calibra pulls hardest from ultra-low revs and beyond 4000rpm , while the Corrado wins through at the top end and lower-mid range . |
| 16 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 17 | It was just I , I went down they played Liverpool in the cup about that era , and the , the wall was pushed down at the Street end but erm the people just spilled on the pitch and I do n't think anyone was really hurt , this happened when they played er Liverpool in the cup a couple of years ago the wall was pushed down at the other end on that occasion , but er there was just one , one person hurt but there was n't anybody very seriously injured as I understand |
| 18 | Within seconds he had been substituted and within minutes a goal almost came about at the other end . |
| 19 | When you 're inside there if you look right at the far end you 'll see one of the old windows , a beautiful old window that 's five hundred years old . |
| 20 | The simplest involves displaying a large eye-spot marking somewhere at the rear end of the body . |
| 21 | There 's a lot of shelling and mortaring going on at the other end of the village . ’ |
| 22 | Making her way to the bookcase , she was weighing up the possibility of reading the title spines without putting on the light when a table-lamp was clicked on at the other end of the room . |
| 23 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 24 | That afternoon two more carcasses turned up at the northern end of Butterwick Low , and another two were reported from the Norfolk coast , close to Cromer . |
| 25 | Worrell had been vice-captain against England in 1953–4 , but when Australia toured a year later the selectors ' feet , apparently , had turned cold ; Denis Atkinson , who had little captaincy experience , was made Stollmeyer 's deputy , and as Stollmeyer then missed three Tests through injury , found himself pitched in at the deep end . |
| 26 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 27 | I have opted for a selection of Amazon Swords , Giant Vallis , Fountain plants , Twisted Vallis and Cryptocorynes , The Crypts will fare better at the dimmer end of the tank . |
| 28 | The very first sortie that I did when the war started was with No 77 Squadron in a Whitley to take pamphlets to Germany , flying in at the top end near Kiel and going throughout the Ruhr spreading these horrors of war on the germans telling them " you are wicked naughty Germans and if you do n't mend your ways Hamish will come back tomorrow night and drop some more paper on you " . |
| 29 | Kallicharran took nearly two and a half hours over 34 , while Fredericks was grafting away at the other end . |
| 30 | Lewis , having been missed by a diving Moin after edging Akram , was yorked comprehensively at the other end . |