Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] on the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original score — the two movements completed by Mozart , and the rest added by Süssmayr in a hand almost indistinguishable ( deliberately so ) from Mozart 's — was given to Count Walsegg , who for once found himself on the receiving end of a little deception . |
| 2 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
| 3 | Paul Way found himself on the receiving end of a £100 fine for a breach of the P.G.A . |
| 4 | By the time he had got to suggesting that 126 card-carrying Communists were on the staff of the New York Times Sunday supplement , Matusow 's credibility was fraying , and , in 1956 , after a series of volte-faces he found himself on the wrong end of a five-year sentence for perjury . |
| 5 | Legal aid was provided for more than 337,000 people last year , including many who found themselves on the receiving end of a court action . |
| 6 | Black people found themselves on the receiving end of racism in all manner of forms from the beginning of their arrival in Britain . |
| 7 | Willpower often works — although it did not for Bailey McMahon , who found themselves on the receiving end of action by the Irish authorities . |
| 8 | Other artisan groups also from time to time found themselves on the receiving end of employer " impositions " . |
| 9 | Alina perched herself on the far end of the three-seater . |
| 10 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 11 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |