Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trapped whales of Scapa Flow heading for the open sea again David Hartley records the successful end of Operation Gentle Shepherd |
| 2 | The more so at Augusta , the arrival of which each year seems to signal the happy end of winter hibernation . |
| 3 | Then they form up into single file with as many as fifty in a column , each animal touching the rear end of the one ahead with its stick-like antennae , and set off briskly across the sandy sea floor , heading for deeper water . |
| 4 | My predecessor planned to borrow the thick end of £100 billion in the next three years . |
| 5 | The fish snatches the free end and disappears back to the deep . |
| 6 | or touching it and that pad should be big enough to cover the wound , so you should something , overlaps , alright , and then if you find , if you unwrap the roll a little bit further , you do n't want to unroll it completely , your see that if while you 're using it in practice you need to roll it up again backwards towards the back of the bandage like so , we 'll roll it up again , backwards and when you get to the bandage you just fold the bandage up around the long end and wind the short end round it firmly and there it 's ready for use again in practice , you would n't of course do that for real would you ? |
| 7 | During the preceding years the hairpin had perforated the inner end of the vagina and eventually turned through 180° . |
| 8 | She made the shallow end and stood up , plastering her hair back with her hands . |
| 9 | The end of the halyard goes through the end goes through the end fitting and then we tie a little stopper knot in the end , then we bring the other end of the halyard down and make it up tight on this crease at the bottom of the mast . |
| 10 | A dozen years ago , Zilog Corp with the Z80 , Micropro International Corp with WordStar , Digital Research Inc with CP/M , Software Arts Inc with VisiCalc , Wang Laboratories Inc with its office systems , ruled the low end of the industry — the end that was poised for explosive growth over the next decade : where are they now ? |
| 11 | Using the wide end of an icing nozzle dipped in icing sugar , cut out rounds from the icing on the top and sides of the cake . |
| 12 | Using the rounded end of an object such as a rolling pin , beaker or measuring spoon , make craters over the surface of the cake : first dust the object with icing sugar or cornflour then press the object into the fondant . |
| 13 | In proportion as its acts tend to promote the same end , its conduct may be termed organised and its several actions correlated . |
| 14 | In the first instance the team converted an old horse dray , by removing the shafts and front wheels and fitting an inclined ramp coupling to the turntable , to carry the front end of the trailer : for uncoupling , a pair of manually operated folding legs were provided . |
| 15 | The visitors expressed a desire to see the farther end of the garden . |
| 16 | The late Derek Cross had been through the tunnel on the footplate of an A3 Pacific and a Class 40 diesel and on both occasions he had been very pleased to see the other end of the tunnel , such is its evil , brooding , emotive reputation . |
| 17 | It was a wide corridor , gloomy and undecorated and very long , but at last Bernice was able to see the far end : a wall moulded into the likeness of a grotesque face . |
| 18 | This has been particularly true of recent years , in , say the 15-year office building boom which succeeded the sudden end to the penultimate property crash of 1973/4 . |
| 19 | Pull yourself up the slope with the pick head and then keep your balance by sticking the other end into the ground . |
| 20 | After sharpening the other end , I had a long needle , which has since proved of value in a number of other jobs . |
| 21 | He was defending himself with great skill , every now and then sliding his hands down the staff and striking at a distance with its full length , and then suddenly changing direction and bringing the shortened end up in a jab at the face or stomach of one of the attackers he had tempted to come too close . |
| 22 | I had always argued against sit-ins and ‘ direct action ’ against campus property as it was always the poor bloody infantry — the cleaners , maintenance men and secretaries — who got the rough end of the pineapple , never the generals in command . |
| 23 | Have I got the wrong end of the stick ? |
| 24 | Always got the shitty end of the stick , Gerry did . |
| 25 | Connect the other end of the mains cable to the terminal blocks inside the shower unit |
| 26 | Another advantage of professional-style camcorders is that they are built longer in the body so that they can he supported on the shoulder — the operator 's hands are then left to steady the front end and operate the controls . |
| 27 | Carter had advocated deregulation , but he approached reform via legislation whereas his successor sought the same end primarily through administrative action . |
| 28 | At the south-western corner of the city walls two smaller castles were built , Baynard 's and Mountfichet , but never allowed to become great fortresses ; and they were finally removed from this strategic place by Edward I in the late thirteenth century : by a king whose mighty works at the Tower mirrored his determination to keep the Londoners under firm control ; but who greatly expanded the western end and formed a large new enclosure there for the Dominican friars , who could help him to ensure that no hostile presence met him when he came from Westminster to the City . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the methods employed by the utilitarian would always he justified if they succeeded in procuring the desired end . |
| 30 | The novel articulates the loose end as boredom , again transpersonalized . |