Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gwendolen 's voice was shrill enough to penetrate from the end of the table , quite putting the Prince off his lobster . |
| 2 | As soon as the soil is dry enough to rake towards the end of the month , do n't delay sowing such hardy crops as cabbage , non-bolting beetroot , lettuce , spinach , peas and broad beans . |
| 3 | This truck stood 9in from the floor , and was constructed to carry two milk churns and , at the same time was narrow enough to pass through the end gangways , so that the churns could be taken from one end of the train to the other . |
| 4 | Now , being left-handed I 'm well used to the pitfalls : reading reviews of great-looking and top quality guitars only to find at the end of the review , ‘ No left-handers available ’ or , more niggling , ‘ 10% extra ’ . |
| 5 | On each of her periods at Hillmarden he had still clung to the faint hope that she was improving , only to find at the end of a week or a fortnight she had made no progress at all and that when Harry — good baby that he was — occasionally cried , this was enough to make Celia so distraught that Brian was forced to accept that it was better for all concerned if mother and baby remained parted . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
| 7 | They came close to ending the European famine last season only to falter at the end . |
| 8 | ‘ We gave in to comfort in the end and bought the suite instead . |
| 9 | What you quickly learned was not to sit on the end of the row , because the usherettes would pass the trays down the row and as soon as everybody was served they 'd give the nod to the projectionist , the lights would go down again , and on the film would go . |
| 10 | Depth is half the game in lock-picking ; the other half is getting enough leverage for the turn , since even a proper pick has no shaft going right through to rest on the end ward like a real key . |
| 11 | Just to run to the end of his endurance — and then to go on . |
| 12 | The team at St Andrew Square exceeded their annual target by two sales and are confident there are more to come before the end of the year . |
| 13 | but oh dear but he , mum did get him off to sleep in the end |
| 14 | If you go back to work before the end of 28 weeks and are then absent again , Statutory Sick Pay will be payable for each period of absence until your 28 weeks ' entitlement has been exhausted , provided you have not been back at work for more than 8 weeks . |
| 15 | ‘ Fuck you lot , ’ Blagg had snarled at the officer in charge , and set out to march to the end of the world . |
| 16 | Will he , as a matter of urgency , issue a directive or circular to all local authorities requiring them to appoint an officer as a matter of urgency and not simply to wait until the end of the inquiry before making such an appointment ? |
| 17 | Just before half-time , Doherty had a strong header well saved , while Johnston nipped in well to get on the end of a Beatty cross only to be forced wide by the keeper . |
| 18 | The only question is how to survive to the end of the lesson . |
| 19 | He said the CSM did feel it right to act at the end of 1981 as there was not enough information available . |