Example sentences of "end up [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp shares jumped almost 8.5% on Friday on hopes that the government will spend heavily on a major new communications network : Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said on Thursday that an economic stimulus package , widely expected to include funds for a network of high-speed fibre optic cables , would be even larger than 1992 's supplementary budget ; if the government steps in with new funding , the state-controlled phone company would likely end up laying the cable and providing services ; the project is the one first mooted back in the early 1980s to connect every home and business in Japan . |
| 2 | But , as the Institute 's Council found last month , when it considered a preliminary paper on the subject , openness could actually end up destroying the effectiveness of the disciplinary process altogether . |
| 3 | He 'd most likely end up eating the grain he 'd nicked from Mrs Wright for the pheasants . |
| 4 | You would go in there planning to discuss , say , her habit of ogling men in restaurants or her inability to repay money she had borrowed , or her ability to disseminate confidences throughout the whole of Wimbledon about five minutes after they had been imparted to her , and you would end up discussing the state of affairs in Europe , the merits of Beethoven , or , more usually , your own deficiencies . |
| 5 | It was said that Ago and its ancillaries would end up costing the taxpayer £1.5 billion . |
| 6 | ‘ We have to take advantage of other countries ’ experiences to the greatest possible extent , ’ said Mr Vedernikov , ‘ but we have to make sure we do n't end up inventing the bicycle . ’ |
| 7 | I would say for people attending Day Centres , the majority of people will end up paying the charge , or a reduced level of charge , because it 's not all or nothing , we can waive part of the charge as well . |
| 8 | After another penny tram ride Charlie was beginning to wonder where he would end up spending the night . |
| 9 | If you just want to give the ball a tonk with your new Krypton-shafted driver , you 'll end up spending the day knee-deep in heather . |
| 10 | For one thing your own troops will probably end up blocking the line of sight . |
| 11 | Do they end up working the way we 've got to bloody work here on this tiny pension or the pension that they 've earned as an MP |