Example sentences of "on at the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One desk lamp was switched on at the far end of the room , one candle , round , red , squat , burned on her bedside table . |
| 2 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 3 | There 's a lot of shelling and mortaring going on at the other end of the village . ’ |
| 4 | Making her way to the bookcase , she was weighing up the possibility of reading the title spines without putting on the light when a table-lamp was clicked on at the other end of the room . |
| 5 | That 's the Stamford Bridge in East Yorkshire not the one which gives David Mellor a stork on at the mere mention of the place . |
| 6 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 7 | Monumental Reputation : Robert Adam and the Emperor 's Palace is on at the National Library of Scotland from 1 June to 30 September 1992 , and at Kenwood , London , from 4 November 1992 to 28 February 1993 . |
| 8 | She had n't been privy to the goings on at the opposite end of the table , but she had a distinct , almost tactile memory of the girl fleeing , the usual calm repose of her features fractured . |