Example sentences of "[adv] end up [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |
| 2 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 3 | ‘ I always end up wearing the same old make-up , but just a little bit less of it , ’ admitted one frustrated friend . |
| 4 | Ian , who comes from Darlington , intended to take things steady with his Honda CBR 600 but he still ended up challenging the leaders . |
| 5 | And I do n't think it 's good for the game to see defenders and keepers under so much pressure that they repeatedly end up booting the ball into the stand . ’ |
| 6 | For one thing your own troops will probably end up blocking the line of sight . |
| 7 | You probably end up writing the system file quicker , and have a much simpler system which also maintain in far less time . |
| 8 | Kitty , it turned out , had no head for figures and , worse , fell for every sob story she was told , often ending up giving the food away . |
| 9 | She has almost certainly overestimated both factors ; but in general she is correct in saying that Britain comes up with good ideas and often ends up importing the products that stem from those ideas . |
| 10 | His reaction had bewildered her , but she did n't want to dwell on it , because she knew that she would inevitably end up spending the entire evening thinking of him , and then feeling frustrated and angry with herself for having given in to her private weakness . |
| 11 | Previously I always had difficulty in arranging a caretaker for the cottage , and often ended up spending the entire weekend gardening and doing the housework . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We have to take advantage of other countries ’ experiences to the greatest possible extent , ’ said Mr Vedernikov , ‘ but we have to make sure we do n't end up inventing the bicycle . ’ |
| 13 | She gripped his hand as tightly as she could , feeling a terrific wrench on her shoulders as he tried to haul her in , steadying himself against the door to ensure that he did n't end up suffering the same fate as his companion . |
| 14 | But , as the Institute 's Council found last month , when it considered a preliminary paper on the subject , openness could actually end up destroying the effectiveness of the disciplinary process altogether . |
| 15 | He 'd most likely end up eating the grain he 'd nicked from Mrs Wright for the pheasants . |
| 16 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp shares jumped almost 8.5% on Friday on hopes that the government will spend heavily on a major new communications network : Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said on Thursday that an economic stimulus package , widely expected to include funds for a network of high-speed fibre optic cables , would be even larger than 1992 's supplementary budget ; if the government steps in with new funding , the state-controlled phone company would likely end up laying the cable and providing services ; the project is the one first mooted back in the early 1980s to connect every home and business in Japan . |