Example sentences of "[verb] to an end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , her letter has given me extra cause to continue thinking of her as ‘ Miss Kenton ’ , since it would seem , sadly , that her marriage is finally to come to an end . |
| 2 | To the disappointment of some of its supporters , the new Labour government proved to be by no means wedded to the idea that the British empire ought now summarily to come to an end . |
| 3 | Unlike the interregional decentralization , which seemed to come to an end in the mid-'70s , this process seemed set to continue , at least in relative terms . |
| 4 | ‘ All good things have got to come to an end , ’ said Stephen . |
| 5 | The 1 km successes were to come to an end this afternoon . |
| 6 | The Madonna wept ; Rosa knew she wanted the sufferings of her children to come to an end . |
| 7 | Having travelled the ‘ road from revolutionary elitism to proletarian populism ’ , James ' American sojourn was about to come to an end but , before it did , he would write ‘ Mariners , Renegades and Castaways ’ in which he expressed his poetic view of the world through an interpretation of the works of Herman Melville . |
| 8 | initial destinations questionnaires were sent to 171 SERC-funded students : SERC provided details of the names and departments of students holding information engineering awards that were due to come to an end in 1984 ; |
| 9 | Honestly , the scene he made , you 'd have thought the world was about to come to an end . |
| 10 | There was a moment , particularly at tea , when I would sense that our conversation was , so far as he was concerned , due to come to an end . |
| 11 | Now remember we all of us came from the background that , you know this world was going to come to an end very soon . |
| 12 | It was a great regret to me that our partnership was to come to an end . |
| 13 | I suppose the winning streak had to come to an end sometime and really it 's better now when we can do something about it than at crimble when it 'll be more difficult to start shifting the team around in the more hectic fixture list . |
| 14 | I 'm afraid the tide has now turned , and er , this negotiation will have to come to an end . |
| 15 | I hope councillor has n't been puzzling about this question because I think she should have had adequate warning erm the cycling part of working party was agreed by city board on the ninth of on the seventh of December is to come to an end and such work has er relates to cycling within a new transport working party . |
| 16 | But , for her part , Shiona could barely wait for the iniquitous ordeal to come to an end . |
| 17 | This stupid rivalry has got to come to an end . ’ |
| 18 | But his life of lace and glamour is about to come to an end . |
| 19 | Years of danger and frustration for Blackfriars staff are to come to an end this summer with the installation of a traffic light controlled crossing over Stamford Street . |
| 20 | TWELVE YEARS OF WEARING GREEN DUNGAREES ARE ABOUT TO COME TO AN END FOR HOMEBASE STAFF WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW UNIFORM . |
| 21 | mm they 're away at Plymouth , they might do , they might , they might not they 're winning runs got to come to an end some where |
| 22 | Yes , it 's always sad to say farewell to colleagues that have been with you for a number of years , but all things have to come to an end , we say farewell with sadness and er fond memories to those who 've been with us for so long , but we welcome all those who are joining us and we can promise them a thriving future . |
| 23 | It drew to an end in April 1964 with Mr Mandela 's four-hour speech from the dock , in which he defended the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe and said he had done what he did for the ideal of a free and democratic society , ‘ an ideal for which I am prepared to die ’ . |
| 24 | Before the campaign opened the key influence on poll awareness was generalized interest in politics , but as the campaign drew to an end media use became more important , especially viewing BBC-TV news ( Table 7.5 ) . |
| 25 | Before the campaign opened the key influence on poll awareness was a generalized interest in politics , but as the campaign drew to an end television viewing became more important . |
| 26 | Macmillan , one of the wiliest politicians of his time , also said , with typical understatement , as the Fifties drew to an end : ‘ We have not done badly . |
| 27 | He used to long for his holidays and grow deeply depressed when they drew to an end . |
| 28 | As the Art Dealers Association of America 's annual Armory show drew to an end we talked to Gilbert Edelson , a founder member |
| 29 | ‘ My fortnight 's supposed leave drew to an end . |
| 30 | In Durham , as the Second World War drew to an end with the severe competition from returning ex-servicemen , there was only one choice : Durham University . |