Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun sg] at the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expects to receive a dividend at the end of the year as well as the price for the share at that time . |
| 2 | The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth . |
| 3 | Have you ever met anybody who took driving lessons , without wanting to drive a car at the end of it . |
| 4 | Most of it would disperse as it found its way through the gravel , and it may not be necessary to form a soakaway at the end of the drain . |
| 5 | He even had the temerity to do an ad-lib at the end of the ‘ Mrs Worthington ’ number . |
| 6 | Is that any way to run a business at the end of the 20th century ? |
| 7 | But I mean , my dad always invites his staff to have a drink at the end of the evening and I mean , most of them have already been bought a drink during the course of the evening , anyway , so they 're entitled to it . |
| 8 | Sometimes , when I have to make precious substances such as toenail cheese or belly-button fluff , I have to go without a shower or bath for days and days ; I hate doing this because I soon feel dirty and itchy , and the only bright thing about such abstinence is how good it feels to have a shower at the end of it . |
| 9 | Each group is supposed to have a subject-index at the end , though some indexes are at present missing ; there is also to be a general index to the whole work . |
| 10 | We pay for each boy to have a trophy at the end of the season to recognize that he had represented Ottery throughout the season . |
| 11 | In order to get a job at the end of the war , she and Siegfried need to obtain what she calls a ‘ Persil-Schein certificate denazifying us whiter than white ’ ( 79/473 ) . |
| 12 | Sir John reserved the right to become a partner at the end of the first three years term for a quarter share of all mines and ores , then opened , got , or sold , … or … at the end of six years also to commence as a partner for one quarter share … or … at the end of nine years to commence as a partner for the same … or … at the end of 12 years the same , and at 15 years ditto . |