Example sentences of "[verb] at the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stopped at the far end just under the small choir loft where there was a recess leading up to the tower . |
| 2 | The junction lies at the far end of Junction 6 of the M6 , Gravelly Hill Interchange or Spaghetti Junction , the most complicated motorway interchange in Britain , offering freeflow routes between the M6 , A38M and A5127 and also linking in various local roads . |
| 3 | The Audi Quattro was parked at the far end of the small , packed car-park . |
| 4 | And suddenly , true to the route Ursula had picked out on the map , they reached the crest and saw Maurice 's car , parked at the far end of the lay-by where he had been told to wait , maroon and solitary against the pale expanse of chalk-smeared turf . |
| 5 | Rangers , without a win in their last eight league games , clinched a deserved victory when Mark Bradshaw scored at the far post . |
| 6 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 7 | Positioned at the far end of the lake was a clump of trees in direct line to the aircraft 's take-off path . |
| 8 | Only the dark Porsche squatting at the far end of the drive gives some indication that a local does not live here . |
| 9 | A score of older cadets were waiting at the far end behind what was evidently a transparent plascrystal wall . |
| 10 | A white sink shone at the far end , some sort of covered porcelain bucket underneath it . |
| 11 | When it was pointing at the far corner of the floor , it emitted a stream of high-pitched bleeps . |
| 12 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
| 13 | The lower — rough gravel and during the winter months flooded at the far end . |
| 14 | It was a large , old-fashioned nursery-cum-workroom , with piled baskets of wool and two looms at the far end . |
| 15 | The frogs did as Sergeant advised , and discovered at the far end of the garden , near the brick wall , a fine shady place among a cluster of mossy rocks . |
| 16 | At a muddy little pond halfway up the hill swallows were dive-bombing its insect life and three brown pigs browsed at the further end of the meadow . |
| 17 | He slipped from the edge nearest Nora as soon as the hounds entered at the farther side . |
| 18 | She was staring at the far wall of the small room , which was completely covered in postcards and photogravure cards from just about every city in Europe . |
| 19 | Starting at the far left of the picture , the SW213 has the lowest price tag but , as is so often the case , it 's the easiest to play , with a surprisingly low action . |
| 20 | Beinn Alligin is the third of the great Torridon giants and more amenable than its fellows , and more honest , the whole effort of climbing to the summit ridge , traversing it and descending at the far end to return down the corrie being assessed at a glance , although probably under-estimated . |
| 21 | This certainty was that the Spice Islands , the Moluccas , lay at the farthest side of the Mar del Sur , or of whatever might lie beyond the waters that Balboa saw . |
| 22 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 23 | Room time-out : the child is removed from an enjoyable activity , not allowed to observe this , but not totally isolated — for example , standing at the far end of the sitting room , or sitting on a straight-backed chair . |
| 24 | Yvonne was standing at the far end of the room in her red tent dress , her arms extended , a glass of brandy glimmering in one hand . |
| 25 | Standing at the far end of the room , before the southern doors , is a man clad head to toe in plate mail armour , wielding a rune-inscribed bastard sword . |
| 26 | T'zin was standing at the far end , and Jotan and Nogai were circling one another in the wide space of one of the loose boxes . |
| 27 | She was standing at the far end of the room , waiting for him . |
| 28 | Three or four people without seats were standing at the far dome car end , including the actress Angelica . |
| 29 | Two men were standing at the further end of the clearing shooting at a wand . |
| 30 | It emerged at the far post where McGoldrick slid in to score his seventh goal of the season . |