Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] to an end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long sermon eventually came to an end and shortly afterwards the young couple left the chapel as man and wife , to the applause of those who had witnessed the ceremony . |
| 2 | In this respect he is something like a general on a battlefield — except that the battle never comes to an end . |
| 3 | Shall we dance some more ? ’ he asked as the record finally came to an end . |
| 4 | If you appeal against your dismissal , and your appeal is rejected , you may wonder whether your job legally came to an end at the time of your original dismissal or when the appeal was eventually turned down . |
| 5 | When the parade finally came to an end , Sergeant-Major Philpott congratulated them all and before dismissing the parade told the troops they could take the rest of the day off , but they must return to barracks and be tucked up in bed before midnight . |
| 6 | The original alliance between Guntram and his nephew thus came to an end . |
| 7 | For another section of women , childcare never comes to an end even when the children have become adults . |
| 8 | She returns to prostitution but then the final exploiter , the pimp , forces himself onto the scene and her life effectively comes to an end . |
| 9 | Leeds went ahead in the second half with a goal by Wallace but their period of domination shortly came to an end and Everton pressed hard before Cottee got the equaliser . |
| 10 | This equality technically came to an end when Gloucester was made protector , but Buckingham 's importance continued to be recognized and his reward was on a commensurate scale . |
| 11 | This equality technically came to an end when Gloucester was made protector , but Buckingham 's importance continued to be recognized and his reward was on a commensurate scale . |
| 12 | The contractual tenancy therefore came to an end by effluxion of time on 6 June 1989 . |
| 13 | The document effectively brought to an end over four decades of " civil war " between the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) and the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) -ruled People 's Republic of China . |
| 14 | In the 1920s America had witnessed some of the problems of the modern world that was emerging after the First World War ; the confusions and uncertainties that revealed themselves became more acute as prosperity suddenly came to an end in 1929 . |