Example sentences of "was [verb] at [art] other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ?
2 The receiver was lifted at the other end .
3 Mr. Lorrimer 's voice , frail and querulous , was bleating at the other end .
4 I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand …
5 It was answered at the other end after the first ring by a friendly , but formal , female voice .
6 Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I
7 All became clear when the jeep was unloaded at the other end .
8 He derived some comfort from Rajiv 's habitual elegance ; wearing a suit , shirt and tie that must have cost two months of his salary as an Assistant Under-Secretary of State , he was sitting at the other side of the large , uncompromising desk that the Department provides for its most senior officials , not a hair out of place and his black eyes alive with amusement .
9 This was no general or casual interest , but was directed at no other marriage than his own .
10 A policeman was standing at the other end of the alley .
11 his school uniform , strip naked , was standing at the other end of the pool did n't say anything , Al Alistair , deaf guy
12 There was a pause — presumably the phone was ringing at the other end .
13 His Mum was phoning now ; no one was answering at the other end .
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