Example sentences of "[verb] [been] at [art] [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of issues are raised in the paper , but one of the companies which has been at the receiving end and has been canvassed for views , says : ‘ Part of the document looks as if it has been drafted by British Gas . ’ |
| 2 | The strongest activity has been at the bottom end of the market , where there is considerable pent-up demand from first-time buyers who have delayed buying over the past few years , for fear that house prices would fall further . |
| 3 | He 'd been at the wrong end when a small company went bust in the city . |
| 4 | Women had been at the lowest end of Paul 's spectrum of the human race . |
| 5 | All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies . |
| 6 | Even if I had n't won a medal nor got enough promotion , I had been at the sharp end . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' |
| 8 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 9 | But he gets the best : the person who provides the real thing ( a contribution to profitability ) , the person who 's been at the sharp end and actually cut a profit from the edge . |