Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] at the other " in BNC.
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1 | The worst bit was to come , when the steamer rolled over and took in water over her bulwarks at one side , then rolled straight over and took in water over her bulwarks at the other side . |
2 | As the rest of the retinue began to come , straggling , into the yard , Groa dismissed her steward and went to her rooms at the other end of the hall , where Anghared , Ferteth 's wife , was sewing stockings and talking to Eochaid 's sister Maire , who was teaching one of Sinna 's girls how to embroider . |
3 | Prisoners offered the choice very rarely preferred death to the colonies but , because they were essentially treated in the same way as indentured servants , they could only go to America if a merchant was willing to take them on the basis of a calculation that he could sell their services at the other end . |
4 | Patrick , crouched over his books at the other end of the table , never asked his advice ; but then Patrick had always been faintly hostile and jealous of a masculine encroachment on a territory that had been his alone since the departure of the two eldest boys . |
5 | He saw one of his friends at the other end of the road . |