Example sentences of "on at the [adj] end [prep] " 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 | There 's a lot of shelling and mortaring going on at the other end of the village . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |