Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | the train had made its imperceptible departure and was rolling along again past the uninhabited infinity of rocks and lakes and conifers that seemed to march on to the end of the world . |
| 2 | ‘ It seemed to turn out in the end that the American negotiator did n't have any flexibility and remained on the crucial issues unmoved . ’ |
| 3 | However , this began to trail off towards the end of June due to outside distractions — Wimbledon tennis and International cricket . |
| 4 | When the disappointed Cov fans started sneaking out before the end , the stand we were in seemed to have just as many Leeds as Cov fans in it . |
| 5 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 6 | Negroponte , who is on two year 's leave of absence from MIT decided to stay on to the end of the present academic year . |
| 7 | It was what actors call a total ‘ corpse ’ , and , although they managed to get through to the end of the play , any tension they might have built up was dissipated . |
| 8 | Er your worships , the one remaining summonses , the one relating to the fact that his vehicle er , was n't taxed at the time of the accident and , I think er he he will be aware his tax er , did run out at the end of May and this accident happened on the twenty first of June . |
| 9 | Er Your Worships the one remaining summons is the one relating to the fact that his vehicle er was n't taxed at the time of the accident , and I think er you , you will be aware , his tax did run out at the end of May and this accident happened on the twenty first of June . |
| 10 | One of the warmer meetings I 've done but th I think that we did come out in the end with all bar four people in the room , I believe that 's right Councillor is it ? |
| 11 | It was old and battered , with a single arm that had broken off at the end . |
| 12 | He had to go back in the end because there was no one else to put her to bed , but he hated touching her . ’ |
| 13 | But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’ |
| 14 | The US dollar , which had peaked at US$1.00=DM1.85 during May and June 1991 from a February trough of 1.44 , had fallen back by the end of November to below 1.6 , as early hopes of a rapid recovery in US consumer spending faded , and as unfavourable indicators in the employment market coincided with news of a disappointing trade balance in September . |
| 15 | Severn Mill continued to work up to the end of the 19th century . |
| 16 | Later , much later , he put the book down , and the cuttings which he had picked up at the end of his reading . |
| 17 | They had met a few days after Mina had stood up at the end of a recital in the Usher Hall at Edinburgh to announce that she would very much like to stay here in England ( a tiny mistake the Scots reporters had kindly ignored ) rather than return to East Germany . |
| 18 | James volunteered to stay on until the end of the season , and he remains in charge for tonight 's visit to Cross Keys , but Newport are opting for a complete change . |