Example sentences of "[pron] at the [adj] end of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ shouted someone at the other end of the hut , as a boot bounced off the door just as the Sergeant made his exit . |
| 2 | Bob 's phone rang , and while he was talking Dyson , who was sitting back in his chair and waiting for someone at the other end of the line , covered up the mouthpiece of his phone and said , ‘ Are you coming to the funeral , Tess ? ’ |
| 3 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 4 | Jeremy settles Kate on a rattan sofa with a whisky , flicks on the stereo and then sits down himself at the other end of the sofa , making sure that she notices his careful maintenance of physical space between them . |
| 5 | ( op. at. : 6 ) Art sessions took place in the Art Room itself at the far end of the school , and Drama work happened in the hall . |
| 6 | South of Barrowgate Road there existed a few houses fronting Sutton Court Road ; some Almshouses on the southern side of Sutton Lane , with the fish pond behind them ; Sutton Court itself at the bottom end of Sutton Court Road , where Sutton Lane turned south — that part of Sutton Lane later became Fauconberg Road — with the Lawn Tennis Grounds on the southern side and Chiswick Park Farm occupying the whole area of land to the east of Sutton Court Road , and the continuing Sutton Lane — which later formed the southern part of Sutton Court Road — curving round to meet the bottom end of Burlington Lane , on the southern boundary of Chiswick House Gardens . |
| 7 | IBM also finds itself at the wrong end of several historical trends . |
| 8 | The judge did not regard the case as one at the higher end of the culpable homicide scale but a human life had been taken and he jailed Sutherland for five years . |
| 9 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 10 | Tommy winked at Rose , then left Charlie to join her at the far end of the bar . |
| 11 | is it at the top end of the , it starts at the top end of the slope ? |
| 12 | A key objective since Tencel was launched has been to position it at the top end of the market , working with the best mills , converters and manufacturers and attracting a premium price for the fibre . |
| 13 | He also fitted it at the top end of the door . |
| 14 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 15 | It 's generally the other way round ; lass ; it 's them at the other end of the Feltons ' fists who generally land up here . |
| 16 | You 'll find them at the very end of , of chapter twenty eight . |
| 17 | Janet 's counsellor Mamie Graham is on the end of a phone 24 hours a day for those who find themselves at the sharp end of crime . |
| 18 | Stringent safety measures now operate on buses to help drivers who , like Mr Seymour , find themselves at the sharp end of Strathclyde 's rising tide of serious crime . |
| 19 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |