Example sentences of "[vb past] at [num] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes the form of two parallel fluorescent tubes bridged at one end . |
| 2 | Also , he saw at one end , pads and claws . |
| 3 | The Magician lived at one end of Puddle Lane , and the foot was the Magician 's foot . |
| 4 | Bogie was the kind of hellraiser who lived at one end of the scale . |
| 5 | Cut 4cm ( 1½inches ) off the ends of two of the rectangular cakes and sandwich all four cakes together with some of the buttercream , the shorter ones on top , centred widthways but aligned at one end . |
| 6 | He tugged at one end of the towel , but she held on tight , her body stiffening . |
| 7 | A rigid brown , rust-free aluminium tube , pointed at one end , with two arms of galvanised wire at the other . |
| 8 | It 's a plastic marker , pointed at one end , of the sort that people stick in flower-pots to identify them . |
| 9 | A fine tower with stepped windows stood at one end . |
| 10 | A warder stood at one end of the infirmary , standing by a thick metal door . |
| 11 | She and Corrie were allowed to play while the other children attended lessons in alphabets and multiplication tables , but they sat at one end of the long playroom like wilting flowers , still too unhappy at their uprooting to do anything . |
| 12 | The T'ang and his father sat at one end of the long , darkwood table , facing each other , while Ben sat alone at the other end . |
| 13 | I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end . |
| 14 | Benjamin and I sat at one end of the trestle board , they sat at the other , grouped together like stupid boys immersed in their own private jokes . |