Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , I decided to concentrate on the end of the overture , the ‘ allegro vivace ’ . |
| 2 | When the book did appear , in beautiful , almost square duodecimo format , it was adorned with a naked figure , the hero , embossed on the end board . |
| 3 | For much of the time , perched on the end of its European promontory , Greece feels lonely and insecure . |
| 4 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 5 | She was perched on the end of a bench . |
| 6 | Dressed in tropical white , with a panama on his head and a pair of glasses perched on the end of his nose , he was reading . |
| 7 | Some batteries fit on the end of the camcorder body as shown , others clip onto the side , and still others slot into a compartment within the machine . |
| 8 | The cars parked on the end of the runway did n't help either , but Spencer says now that he would n't have made the runway even it they had n't been there . |
| 9 | However , even when the dinner was over , their ‘ guests ’ showed no sign of leaving , at which point the Emperor began to pull on the ends of his moustache — one of the few signs of irritation he ever allowed himself . |
| 10 | He knew because his pyjamas were exactly where he 'd left them , dropped on the end of the coverlet . |
| 11 | Boy would have been happiest to stand on the end of a pier from which big ships , real proper ocean ships , embarked ; but he would have settled for just an ordinary pier , a small one — so long as it was big enough for him to walk away from the city , into the wind , turn his back on everything and stand there looking west at an empty sea , or a far horizon , and think about America , or somewhere . |
| 12 | One of the locals volunteered to stand on the end of the little harbour arm to con on out when there was a lull in the surf . |
| 13 | drip on the end of your nose . |
| 14 | Two favoured maggots squirmed on the end of his size twelve hook ( hooked , no doubt , as the books recommend , through the small vent in the thick end ) . |
| 15 | The category into which particular losses are put will depend on the value we put on the interests which the governmental action in question has interfered with , weighed against the value we put on the end which the governmental action was designed to serve . |
| 16 | Well the other thing you put on the end of that is after saying how do you feel about that , how would your wife feel about that . |
| 17 | I saw a bead of sweat drip from Carradine 's forehead , trickle down his cheek , perch on the end of his moustache and fall with a small splash onto a picture of Rhonda Fleming posing in a backless , strapless , practically frontless dress . |
| 18 | Bill , Stella and Jean have a flat built on the end of this house , and Ling has his own quarters near the kitchen . |
| 19 | Cut the pipe square as above and form a 45 chamfer on the end o' the pipe using a file or special tool . |
| 20 | that 's right , and not even , not even a word of appreciation for , a , a sale you 've clinched or a good impression you 've made on the end deal |
| 21 | The tribal peoples concerned are dotted around the map in quite arbitrary fashion ; the arbitrariness being emphasized by dot references on a world map shown on the end covers of the book . |
| 22 | Put a piece of rope and , and stand on the end of it and pull . |
| 23 | The shuttle 's emergency steps , with Defries balancing on the end of them , extended down to the speeder 's cockpit . |
| 24 | it 's going on the end mum , on the stool |
| 25 | And , can you see on the end , look that 's where the flowers 'll grow , the blossom . |
| 26 | The other man picked up the dressing gown lying on the end of the bed and threw it at Connelly . |
| 27 | Once you have found the blockage ( see opposite ) , you will need a drain clearing set ( this can be hired ) consisting of rods which are screwed together with a choice of accessories to fit on the end . |
| 28 | He wondered how many people had died on the end of that rope . |
| 29 | When the two girls left the smithy , Gay was carrying the wooden board — a rough affair that was all that could be obtained — and Breeze was leading on the end of a knotted string a small and ill-favoured specimen of doghood . |
| 30 | Clynol 's Sculpting Wax was used on the ends to help accentuate the loose tendrils . |