Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] end of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 2 | Stage 6 takes us to sealing in the dowels with stitches across the pockets , and the securing straps are added 9 1/2 in or 24cm down from the front end of the leading edge pocket . |
| 3 | Interrogations of German prisoners-of-war captured in 1944 and 1945 on the western Front also revealed surprisingly high rates of continued trust in the Führer , almost down to the very end of the war . |
| 4 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 5 | Down at the far end of the valley , there was still snow on the upper slopes of the mountains ; they looked as if they 'd been sugar-dusted , with stone walls showing like fine , black veins above the treeline . |
| 6 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 7 | We 'll start down at the far end of what we call the lured mark and from there you 'll have to tack all the way up to this closest one , the windward mark . |
| 8 | THE AGRICULTURAL Research Council is about to dive in at the deep end of commercial research by launching the Agricultural Genetics Company . |
| 9 | They were dug in at the other end of the village in an orchard very close to the enemy positions . |
| 10 | The Act provided for a route commencing at the top of Anerley Hill , descending past Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) Station to Thicket Road , a turning on the left , which led through to the top end of Beckenham Road , Penge . |
| 11 | As part of this she has to determine what type of landscaping is required according to the style of development and the buyers it will attract — from first-time buyers through to the luxury end of the market . |
| 12 | They went over to the far end of the pit . |
| 13 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 14 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 15 | He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea . |
| 16 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 17 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 18 | The delay effectively hindered the setting up of the American end of the Virgin operation . |
| 19 | They have hit out at the FR 's refusal to reject a lease on the Caernarfon to Dinas Junction section of the former LMS branch to Afonwen and start work on the proposed introduction of a two-foot gauge line which would link up with the northern end of the former Welsh Highland line . |
| 20 | Next , of course , the Perks came , swarming up into the open end of the hangar where the Alice sat , ticking and steaming as she cooled . |
| 21 | United chopped and changed their team to face Leicester , but they still ended up on the wrong end of a 2-1 scoreline . |
| 22 | Dan 's questions were annoying Kate and if he was n't careful he just might end up on the receiving end of her tongue . |
| 23 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |
| 24 | I walk up to the lefthand end of this street , where it emerges in Trafalgar Square , and check the name : Spring Gardens . |
| 25 | Christian roadblocks were therefore set up at the eastern end of the Ring motorway and the first 40 Muslim men to arrive at the Christian checkpoint , some of them travelling with their wives and children in their family cars to homes in east Beirut , were taken beneath the overpass and had their throats cut . |
| 26 | The winning team is the one which has all its frogs lined up at the other end of the room . |
| 27 | She wanted to spend as much time as possible with them and ended up at the other end of the plane . ’ |
| 28 | He reckoned the boy had doubled the price for his ice cream because he was up at the smart end of town , not plying his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis . |
| 29 | That afternoon two more carcasses turned up at the northern end of Butterwick Low , and another two were reported from the Norfolk coast , close to Cromer . |
| 30 | Only when the front of the slug passes out of the far end of the pipe does the fraction of the pipe length in laminar motion increase . |