Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began to ring at the other end . |
| 2 | But there was plenty of time , and they had to wait at the other end of the tunnel . |
| 3 | She heard the break before she actually saw the child who had fallen at the winning end of a tug-of-war rope . |
| 4 | She had suffered at the sharp end of the tongues of some of Dej 's more sophisticated barons ' wives in the 1950s and Dej 's favourite daughter did not respect her . |
| 5 | He paused by the window seat , a replica of one he had noticed at the other end of the gallery . |
| 6 | They had so many men they had to start at the other end and |
| 7 | To begin with , in the evenings and mornings , during stroll time ( the suit , the stick ) , all the people tended to gather at the sharp end of the ship , looking at where they came from , as people do . |