Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] end " in BNC.

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1 I saw a yellow rescue helicopter with this guy hanging on the end of a wire .
2 If you absolutely insist in giving all your information in the first answer , there 's no room for a further question , and the best kind of response is the one that leaves the next question sort of hanging on the end of it , so that the interviewer can come back with another question .
3 His wife , an enormous woman in black , wailed and wrung out the ends of her skirt .
4 Insufficient knowledge or experience of an industry or of business generally ( ie breakeven points , profit margins , cash flow , VAT , tax , PAYE etc ) can quickly bring on the end .
5 A weight is hung on the end of a wire of known diameter and its change in length measured .
6 Other measurement methods ( not shown ) , such as analyzing electrophoresis gels obtained by staining mitochondrial DNA of both strains with ethidium bromide after cleavage with a restriction enzyme ( Hind III ) , or radioactive labelling by filling in the end of the molecule , showed 70–80% of the deleted mtDNA population in the mutant strain .
7 and then you got ta finish off the ends and you got ta do four of those .
8 Snip off the end to leave a very small hole .
9 To re-seal a half-used cartridge , take the piece you cut off the end of the nozzle and push it into the nozzle the other way round
10 And the mind can conjure up no end of devils alone in the night . ’
11 Where possible , cut out the ends of the rotted area so that the new piece will fit at an open angle , making it much easier to fit than right-angled joints .
12 So it 's er just out this one , or it came out the end of er last year , December , January time .
13 Came out the end of last month did n't it ?
14 The computer acts as a substitute for human friends , perhaps , but the infatuation may also bring about the end of existing relationships .
15 He had thought the death of his uncle , Sir Nelson , would bring about the end of his monetary problems , but Sir Nelson 's wealth was in his land and livestock .
16 If the problem of corruption was not solved , he said , then it might possibly " bring about the end of the country " .
17 ‘ It 's an historic moment that hopefully will bring about an end to 100 years of bloodshed , misery between the Palestinians and Jews , between Palestinians and Israel , ’ Rabin said .
18 Carefully prise off the end battens .
19 The pot hangs on the end of a rope and when in contact with the water makes a disinfecting solution of chlorine .
20 No they can probably see down the end and they
21 She watched him as he snatched the receiver and barked down the end of it , but she had n't a clue as to the nature of the conversation , since she was privy to only one side , and that was in French .
22 Machine down the ends and along the lower edge ; then stitch vertically every 8cm ( 3in ) to form pockets in the tape ( fig. 41 ) .
23 One resembles a small trowel with a knurled wheel , that sets up a vibration to help the seeds drop off the end in a controlled way — a useful aid for sowing in straight lines .
24 a carpet for you know , pop up the ends like .
25 And bringing up the end of the procession was a tribe of people whom she recognised at once as those who , like herself and Claud , had always had a little of everything and the God-given wit to use it right .
26 Pempie is terrifically keen on auspicious signs , and she cheered up no end the day after the exterminator , because she drew a winning ticket in the village raffle .
27 But John said , when she 's stupid enough to be trying to sell that house and who 'd buy that thing , stuck up the end of that road ?
28 She would n't rule out an end terrace but
29 At seven , the Majors switched on the end of the news to listen to ‘ Conference Report ’ .
30 Falls partly because it 's shutting down the ends of the arteries , the arteries themselves can actually contract because they 're muscular walled , yes , the arteries can contract and that tends to shut down and reduce the pressure slightly in that area , right and also the body itself is gon na divert that blood is n't it to the core of the body taking it away from other areas , damaged areas , so how can we help to reduce the pressure any more ?
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