Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [art] [adj] end " in BNC.
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1 | She pokes the other end inside her nostril . |
2 | who winds the grizzled ends of his moustache |
3 | It implies that if one achieves a desirable end ( in terms , say , of pain prevented ) but at a greater cost of suffering than was necessary for it , one 's act was right , though not the best , even if one could have achieved that end by a less drastic means . |
4 | In his hand he holds the precious end of an old frayed piece of rope , the kind pedlars sold piles of on Lima 's Abancay — the beginnings of an answer . |
5 | It needs the dead ends cut . |
6 | The Fender ca n't really cope with the 335 at high volumes because it 's such a powerful guitar , so the Hartke adds a hard kind of edge and it keeps the bottom end really tight and sharp . ' |
7 | The probable evolution of Hurst Castle Spit is shown in Fig. 8.26 , from which it can be seen that , with the wearing back of the coast from A to C , the spit will occupy successively the positions AA' , BB' and CC' , the last being its present position , in which it preserves the recurved ends of former stages . |
8 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |