Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 2 | Guy was sitting at the pool 's edge as she swam back to the shallow end . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A bright red Porsche came in from the wrong end , ignoring the arrows and signs . |
| 5 | Within seconds he had been substituted and within minutes a goal almost came about at the other end . |
| 6 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 7 | Leeman plugged away with constant strikes and both his colleagues joined in on the 17th end when continued Brackley accuracy brought the game to a premature conclusion . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He stood up and walked down to the deep end as he spoke , then he dived in , surfacing at least halfway down the pool , then covering several more lengths in a leisurely crawl . |
| 10 | Worrell had been vice-captain against England in 1953–4 , but when Australia toured a year later the selectors ' feet , apparently , had turned cold ; Denis Atkinson , who had little captaincy experience , was made Stollmeyer 's deputy , and as Stollmeyer then missed three Tests through injury , found himself pitched in at the deep end . |
| 11 | Rachel followed a squealing Belinda down the steps while David walked up to the deep end , dived in and swam back to join the rest of the group . |
| 12 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 13 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 14 | They went over to the far end of the pit . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Alexei stared out of the open end of the room , awed as always by the view . |
| 17 | As City hit three regal goals through Mike Sheron ( 2 ) and David White , Barlow buzzed around at the other end . |
| 18 | After a brief interval a reply in a lower key by a similarly religious bird came from what appeared to be a hummock of ivy on a small promontory which jutted out at the further end of the mere . |
| 19 | She kicked out of the bikini-bottom that Fernando had succeeded in half tearing from her and struck out for the furthest end of the pool , laughter gripping her and weakening her limbs as he lashed out after her . |
| 20 | I turned without stopping and crawled back to the deep end , looking back as I breathed to make sure she was following . |
| 21 | He held on to the other end , it went underneath him . |
| 22 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 23 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea . |
| 26 | United chopped and changed their team to face Leicester , but they still ended up on the wrong end of a 2-1 scoreline . |
| 27 | She wanted to spend as much time as possible with them and ended up at the other end of the plane . ’ |
| 28 | He poured out , sat back at the other end of the sofa , looked at her . |