Example sentences of "on the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the cultural theory of the 1970s , according to an article by Victor Burgin on The End of Art Theory , drew predominantly on feminism , Marxism , psychoanalysis and semiotics . |
| 2 | Sit on the end of a bench , holding the barbell with hands 15cm ( 6in ) apart . |
| 3 | The inevitable happened and I was off , dangling upside down on the end of the rope seconds later , 30 feet below , parallel to my climbing companions . |
| 4 | Use tweezers to put a nut on the end of the bolt in the cross-hole , and screw the bolt tight , initially preventing the nut from turning by using a screwdriver . |
| 5 | Initially this left the larger machines , with consoles scattered around on the end of RS232 cables , somewhat behind . |
| 6 | He dispatched a police patrol car , but when it arrived 16 minutes later the telephone was swinging on the end of its cord . |
| 7 | Dr Jones and his team are now extending their work to other species , and to the post-larval stage , which leads to the ultimate product — the prawn on the end of your fork . |
| 8 | ‘ He reminds me a lot of Billy Hamilton in that he 's rangy and big and he gets in there on the end of crosses to do untold damage . ’ |
| 9 | What you quickly learned was not to sit on the end of the row , because the usherettes would pass the trays down the row and as soon as everybody was served they 'd give the nod to the projectionist , the lights would go down again , and on the film would go . |
| 10 | Other noisy people who were very grey moved rapidly backwards and forwards on the end wall . |
| 11 | On the end of the sandbars the first two hours of the flood are best . |
| 12 | The snow hook is actually on the end of the tow line so that in the unlikely event of the karabiner unhooking — as it did once on me — — the hook stays close to you giving you an outside chance of holding on to the team . |
| 13 | An extra planetary gear set on the end , together with a new rear casing , provides the extra , overdriven ratio . |
| 14 | There 's a long bit of ash on the end of her fag , and when she talks it falls off onto the chickens . |
| 15 | When the book did appear , in beautiful , almost square duodecimo format , it was adorned with a naked figure , the hero , embossed on the end board . |
| 16 | On the half-hour he got on the end of a short pass from Vialli on the edge of the penalty area and hit a fine shot that brought an equally fine save from Pumpido . |
| 17 | The fall of Mrs Thatcher seems to leave Britain 's neo-conservative think-tanks out on the end of a creaking branch . |
| 18 | He would look such a fool if he had to tell someone on the end of the line that he did n't know where she was and had no idea when she was coming back . |
| 19 | Always ready for a dip I leapt into the water and grabbed hold of an elderly lady with neat little curls and bifocals on the end of her nose . |
| 20 | For the first time the old man stopped and folded his hands on the end of the axe-handle . |
| 21 | Kathleen Lavender sat on the end of her bed and wept a few tears of fear and uncertainty and regret . |
| 22 | Add an ‘ e ’ on the end of his name , my love . |
| 23 | In fact , I decided to concentrate on the end of the overture , the ‘ allegro vivace ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do n't you fix one on the end of this ? |
| 25 | Mr Justice Drake used this power to full in summing up in the Donovan case , warning the jurors that they should not think they had to ‘ fix sums with lots of noughts on the end because it 's fashionable ’ . |
| 26 | If that is true , he is waving a magic wand with a sledgehammer on the end . |
| 27 | He kebabs his victim on the end of a spike and then turns it round and round over the flames . |
| 28 | The icicles froze on the end of his nose |
| 29 | Old brass types such as the Portsmouth valve contain a piston with a washer on the end , and this wears out , allowing the valve to drip . |
| 30 | They have a slot on the end of the drive shaft , and by turning this with a screwdriver you can generally free the impeller inside . |