Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
| 2 | Whoever suggested the grandiose title and subtitle of this book was looking down the wrong end of a microscope . |
| 3 | It was twilight and a brilliant new moon was gliding down the bright end of the sky , followed by a cascade of stars . |
| 4 | There I was strolling down the scrubby end of the Kings Road , mooching along . |
| 5 | Lord Deverill was standing down the far end of the room , staring out of a window across the estate . |
| 6 | The arrival of the Oxford students , though , was to bring about an untimely end to Stamford 's medieval university , for in 1334 Oxford persuaded King Edward III to intervene and close it down : |