Example sentences of "end [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are times when mistakes are made in school and things go wrong : children blamed for things they did n't do , events may be cancelled at short notice , cardigans and coats lost or , even worse , end up in the toilet bowl . |
| 2 | I 've seen better men than you think they could handle the drink and end up in the gutter with a bottle of the fortified wine . ’ |
| 3 | ( I suspect it 's his way of getting some vegetables down me considering the number of soft , plump leaves that end up in the bottom of my cup when the pot gets to be half full of the things . |
| 4 | Even the £25 pairs favoured by northern women often end up in the kitchen as chip fat or paint strainers , handy onion storers or to plug leaking pipes . |
| 5 | Amphibians , crustaceans and fish that live in such conditions have to evolve some method of holding on if they are not to be swept away and end up in the sea . |
| 6 | Many end up in the camp hospital . |
| 7 | You 'll need to get agreement from everyone that if they end up in the minority they will bide by the majority decision . |
| 8 | And so we end up in the paradox of a system which invokes the criterion of historical consciousness as a means for distinguishing the ‘ primitive ’ from the , civilized' but — contrary to its claim — is itself ahistorical . |
| 9 | A lot of players are being released by League clubs these days that would have been kept on before , so they end up in the Conference . |
| 10 | Because their reading skills are poor too , many reports end up in the waste bin — which is a better place for them than the filing cabinet . |
| 11 | fictitious site of the shooting picnic at which Pickwick drinks too much punch and end up in the pound . |
| 12 | ‘ If all my guests end up in the swamp , where is that gon na get me . |
| 13 | ‘ Or you 'll find this time that you will be court-martialled and end up in the gaol you were originally intended for . ’ |
| 14 | Quite how to choose your destination is not clear : You might set out for a holiday in Virgo and end up in the Crab Nebula . |
| 15 | A large number of dogs who end up in the rescue homes would be on the vet 's euthanasia list if they 'd had different owners . |