Example sentences of "the [noun pl] at the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kāli and her cousin , Jit , were at the far end of the roof waving their arms , keeping the sheep contained at one end only , stopping them going back down the steps at the other side . |
| 2 | Out-gunned 11 caps to three , Tigers ended a run of defeats in this annual frolic with a five-try triumph , topped off with a typical Baa-Baas ' style try , started in front of their own posts and finished by Tony Underwood behind the posts at the other end . |
| 3 | They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope . |
| 4 | The brass shop was laid out with the rough brass stores on one side , whence the castings passed to the machines , thence to the benches , and from there to the polishers , next to the platers and finally to the lacquerers at the other side of the shop , each operation in turn bringing the parts further across the shop . |
| 5 | The Führer was talking to the other man in a low voice and totally ignored them as he passed and descended the stairs at the other end of the passage . |
| 6 | In any case they were told that the count was waiting and the waiter indicated the man who stood in the shadows at the other side of the foyer . |
| 7 | if ever you get to the stage where the left of the party or the right of the party , either extreme wing , feel that they 've got such power , that they can pull the whole thing their way , the danger is that the bits at the other end will snap and that of course is the disunity danger which had absolutely devastated the Labour party , where the left did exactly that and the moderate centre That 's if you can call it that , snapped off . |
| 8 | No , it 's not the case , they are X-ray images that we are looking at and it means that we can have er real time conversation with the doctors at the other end to advise whether the patient should be transferred to us or stay within the , in the hospital where they are , er whatever 's best at the time . |