Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end . |
| 2 | The phone was picked up at the other end and Charles pressed his two p into the coinbox . |
| 3 | Well you 've got another two or three hours on the journey , but having said tha well if you get picked up at the other end it 's not too bad . |
| 4 | Their union has not only survived the rigours of a decade , but has come out at the other end stronger than ever . |
| 5 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 6 | It was just I , I went down they played Liverpool in the cup about that era , and the , the wall was pushed down at the Street end but erm the people just spilled on the pitch and I do n't think anyone was really hurt , this happened when they played er Liverpool in the cup a couple of years ago the wall was pushed down at the other end on that occasion , but er there was just one , one person hurt but there was n't anybody very seriously injured as I understand |
| 7 | Making her way to the bookcase , she was weighing up the possibility of reading the title spines without putting on the light when a table-lamp was clicked on at the other end of the room . |
| 8 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One desk lamp was switched on at the far end of the room , one candle , round , red , squat , burned on her bedside table . |
| 11 | Lottie was thrown in at the deep end : |
| 12 | THREE Ipswich Witches youngsters will be thrown in at the deep end on Thursday when Foxhall Stadium stages the Star of Anglia on the opening day of the 1993 speedway season . |
| 13 | I was thus , unceremoniously ‘ thrown in at the deep end ’ . |
| 14 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
| 15 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
| 16 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
| 17 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't want any child of mine to have to cope with being thrown in at the deep end like that . |
| 19 | Being in control of the finances of an organisation can pose a major headache for some people , especially if they are thrown in at the deep end with little or . |
| 20 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
| 21 | Training will be given and wherever possible the new representative will be thrown in at the deep end . |
| 22 | ‘ Talk about being thrown in at the deep end ! ’ |
| 23 | They 're thrown in at the deep end , and have to develop skills quickly . |
| 24 | ‘ I am being thrown in at the deep end against Blackburn and I am really looking forward to the game . ’ |
| 25 | Well I was thrown in at the deep end Different persons came in maybe if we had a job in a hurry and they would say , Oh you 're on at such and such a time at this . |
| 26 | They had to be folded up at the rear end . |
| 27 | The winning team is the one which has all its frogs lined up at the other end of the room . |
| 28 | They were dug in at the other end of the village in an orchard very close to the enemy positions . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , unknown Graham Kavanagh could be tossed in at the deep end for Middlesbrough 's FA Cup clash with Chelsea on Sunday . |