Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was weighted with a large wooden tag charred at the end where Father Barnes had put it down too close to a gas flame . |
| 2 | A ghostly figure hovered at the end of the tunnel . |
| 3 | A further recount began at the end of May . |
| 4 | We must hope it was a harbinger that the one riotously funny scene occurred at the end of the first episode , with Europe through . |
| 5 | This scene came towards the end of an episode in which Frank had already caused havoc in the local library , succeeded in unintentionally dismantling his neighbour 's chicken house and attended an interview for a job selling farming products . |
| 6 | Last Tuesday , when the start of this match coincided with the end of a major international event ( won by Garry Kasparov ) in The Netherlands , one national paper devoted most of a page to chess coverage . |
| 7 | Quite a surprise regarding this name occurred at the end of the last war . |
| 8 | As this thing got near the end obviously making for her side , away from the door , she realised what the round blob was — ; it was the nub of the umbrella they had bought their daughter . |
| 9 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 10 | But our real kick came at the end of the film when the lights went up . |
| 11 | The chief inspector waited at the end of the room and tried to siphon off his individual murmur from the swell of coughing and clattering round about . |
| 12 | The second stage began around the end of November 1838 . |
| 13 | The reference to developed socialism had in the end been retained , Gorbachev explained , partly because it figured in the programmes of other ruling parties , but mainly because the term had been misrepresented . |
| 14 | The truly disgraceful bit came at the end , where it said , ‘ Rights Offered : First British Serial only ’ . |
| 15 | A stray mongrel appeared at the end of the alley , its body gaunt from years of neglect . |
| 16 | William had been his yard foreman , caring for the horses as well as being in charge of the carmen , and yet all the years of friendship and good service had in the end counted for nothing . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister appeared at the end of the broadcast to warn of further turmoil if the Government 's health and trade union reforms were undone . |
| 18 | The overseas weighting fell from the end of the First World War until the early 1950s , since when it has grown steadily , increasing sharply again in the 1980s after the removal of exchange control in 1979 . |
| 19 | This unexpected move came at the end of an NPFL conference which called for the continuation of the peace process and the enforcement of the Yammoussoukro agreement as outlined in the Geneva agreement . |
| 20 | The next stage in this shifting argument occurred at the end of November 1978 with the appearance of a brief DES statement entitled Agricultural Education in England and Wales : Validating Arrangements . |
| 21 | A mousy-looking woman sat on the end of the bed , her face a blank-looking O of surprise . |
| 22 | This tendency is illustrated succinctly in the responses of two working-class housewives to a question about general satisfaction asked at the end of the interview : |
| 23 | In this situation the circulation was altered so that a cold polar vortex remained until the end of the simulation , thereby maintaining the presence of PSCs for a much longer period . |
| 24 | His impassioned speech came at the end of a day of increasing speculation over the likelihood that the Liberal Democrats could hold the balance of power after Thursday 's general election . |
| 25 | Do level one and level two , the ones that you you have to do and if there 's any time left at the end of the year do the ones that that you missed out . |
| 26 | So paradoxically , those with the poorest land came in the end to prosper the most . |
| 27 | Poland wanted the troops out by the end of the year , but the Soviet side wanted until the end of 1993 to complete a withdrawal . |
| 28 | Go-ahead to start the final artwork came at the end of spring 1988 with an autumn deadline , providing the option to work from fresh material available throughout the summer . |
| 29 | The England game , very exciting yes and really to the last minute you did n't know who was going to win it , with France coming back with two late tries erm but England 's forward domination told in the end . |
| 30 | His first appointment as a royal justice came at the end of Henry III 's reign . |