Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ A total change of mood — BELVILLE and PAMELA sit at either end of the table . ] |
| 2 | Kāli and her cousin , Jit , were at the far end of the roof waving their arms , keeping the sheep contained at one end only , stopping them going back down the steps at the other side . |
| 3 | You know they mean it , too : a huge second cooling fan sits at one end of the processor card . |
| 4 | In the linen-panelled dining chamber , the table had been specially laid , covered by a white cloth of lawn with gold embossed candlesticks placed at either end . |
| 5 | The UN closed Sarajevo airport , a vital aid lifeline for the Bosnian capital 's 380,000 population , after shells exploded at either end of the runway during fighting yesterday . |
| 6 | Bevan favoured Barnes 's route ; it was shorter , cheaper and , despite the lock climbs at each end , less complicated than Telford 's . |
| 7 | The Princesse presided at one end , while Thomas had been placed as guest of honour at the other . |
| 8 | The raw material , glass fibre , is drawn from bobbins held at one end of the long pultrusion machine . |
| 9 | Each team stands at one end of the room , in a line , one behind the other , facing the opposite end . |
| 10 | They need to be 3 feet ( 1 metre ) long and with a sharp point fashioned at one end . |
| 11 | Partly due to this , the long end of the yield curve has been rather stable in the UK , and the need to hedge at this end of the term structure was diminished . |
| 12 | a rectangular piece of crêpe paper large enough to go around the tube once and have about 10cm to spare at each end |
| 13 | Essentials include a good-quality , wide carrying-strap and a sufficient number of approximately ½-inch ( 1.25-centimetre ) breather holes bored at each end . |
| 14 | Ben Nevis stands at one end of the greatest mountain range in the Highlands , buttressing a grand array of ten Munros with altitudes above or near 4000 feet and forming an unbroken high skyline for several miles . |
| 15 | ‘ Is Mrs Cliburn sitting at that end of the room ? ’ |
| 16 | Standard controls are a single wheel on a fixed left-side-only or throw-over yoke pivoting fore-and-aft on a centreline pillar ; but as it is partly intended for training G-DHCB has twin control wheels at either end of a Y-shaped structure . |
| 17 | The T'ang and his father sat at one end of the long , darkwood table , facing each other , while Ben sat alone at the other end . |
| 18 | The woman , tight-lipped , turned her back on them and began to slap the milk vigorously with a peeled wand spiked at one end where smaller branches had been lopped off . |
| 19 | Carefully snip into the paper along its length , to form a row of thin strands joined at one end . |
| 20 | The Magician lived at one end of Puddle Lane , and the foot was the Magician 's foot . |
| 21 | A second option to ease Selborne 's traffic nightmare is the introduction of pinch points at either end of the village , with road humps in between to slow drivers down . |
| 22 | And we try to explain it by saying the craft is accelerating — it 's being pushed on by the rockets placed at that end of the craft . |
| 23 | The village green was oval shaped , with the road entering at one end and houses along one side , with a large chateau , a farm and a row of houses on the other side . |
| 24 | There was nothing obviously wrong — Albert sitting at one end of the table in front of his books and Hepzibah making an apple pie at the other , pressing the pastry top with a fork to make a frill round the edge — but it was as if a light had gone out . |
| 25 | A fine tower with stepped windows stood at one end . |
| 26 | The youngsters each could carry one end of a staff with two hives swinging in thick bags in the centre , while Ruari carried a second pole with a skep slung at each end . |
| 27 | The box stands at one end of a parcel of land upon which there is a complete turnout and associated signals . |
| 28 | At the beginning of the 19th century this design was replaced by a convex sauce-boat with a ring handle on the lid , scroll handles at each end and standing in four feet . |
| 29 | It 's a geodesic shape with two longer poles running diagonally across the frame of the tent and two shorter poles arched at either end . |
| 30 | In deciding whether police services are ‘ special ’ the court will take into account : ( 1 ) whether the officers are required to attend on private premises or in a public place ; ( 2 ) whether violence has already occurred or is imminent — if so , the services can not be ‘ special ’ ; ( 3 ) the nature of the event — public events like elections lie at one end of the spectrum , private events like weddings at the other , and events like football matches somewhere in the middle ; ( 4 ) whether protection can be provided without using officers who would otherwise be on other duties or off duty . |