Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Hutton in bygone times , Stewart seemed galvanised by the disasters occurring at the other end , but was never either intimidated into strokelessness or tempted into a reckless rescue bid , for such an endeavour against this bowling would have been futile . |
| 2 | First , just two appear at the front end as distinct blocks of tissue and then , about each hour , another pair are added behind them and a wave of formation proceeds backwards so that at the end of a few days there are 46 somites . |
| 3 | Mr. Lorrimer 's voice , frail and querulous , was bleating at the other end . |
| 4 | The immigration office is located at the eastern end of the main port authority building ( Edificio Junta del Porto ) . |
| 5 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
| 6 | Upper House stands at the southern end of a deep yard , flanked to the east by the barn and to the north by a Norman church . |
| 7 | But before Budd came on , they had to listen to Andy Roberts , who stands at the opposite end of ufology to Hopkins and whose new book , Phantoms Of The Sky ( written with Dave Clarke , published by Robert Hale ) , gave the conference its name . |
| 8 | Finally the iron pin would be attached to the hinge fitting , pointed at the catch-plate and coiled at the other end to form a spring hinge . |
| 9 | The receiver was lifted at the other end . |
| 10 | You 'll need a V17 fax at the other end , but these are pretty rare . |
| 11 | Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool . |
| 12 | I know , er , well where the path is , the only problem is where the edge finishes at the other end , at the bottom end , right , there 's gon na be a gap there and I wan na close that gap off somehow . |
| 13 | The Coroner was in his early forties , a gaunt , greying man , with thick spectacles perched at the very end of his nose . |
| 14 | We stopped at the far end just under the small choir loft where there was a recess leading up to the tower . |
| 15 | The Orc army destroyed a small scouting force of Dwarfs who were unlucky enough to be caught at the eastern end of the pass . |
| 16 | She lives at the other end , Blackberry Lane , I 'm not sure of the number , but I was told she has a monkey puzzle tree in her front garden . |
| 17 | Hong Kong lies at the southern end of an eroded chain of sedimentary rocks with some granite and volcanic outpourings . |
| 18 | The junction lies at the far end of Junction 6 of the M6 , Gravelly Hill Interchange or Spaghetti Junction , the most complicated motorway interchange in Britain , offering freeflow routes between the M6 , A38M and A5127 and also linking in various local roads . |
| 19 | The second major problem with Comte 's positivism lies at the other end of his hierarchy , at the level of the social . |
| 20 | They have conceded only three goals — all from set-pieces — in opening defeats by Korea ( 0-1 ) and Spain ( 0-2 ) , but the major deficiency lies at the other end of the pitch . |
| 21 | Lido di Camaiore lies at the northern end of Viareggio , next to Marina di Pietrasanta , in the most fashionable part of the Tuscan coast . |
| 22 | The shopping facilities of Beverley are only nine miles to the east and the M62 motorway starts at the western end of the village . |
| 23 | is it at the top end of the , it starts at the top end of the slope ? |
| 24 | The Audi Quattro was parked at the far end of the small , packed car-park . |
| 25 | And suddenly , true to the route Ursula had picked out on the map , they reached the crest and saw Maurice 's car , parked at the far end of the lay-by where he had been told to wait , maroon and solitary against the pale expanse of chalk-smeared turf . |
| 26 | When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ? |
| 27 | One further return to Carolingian precedent occurred at the very end of Louis VII 's reign , when coinage from the king 's mints and bearing his image began to circulate outside the royal demesne for the first time since the late ninth century . |
| 28 | Also recommended at the other end of the spectrum is Kenwards — described by Tère and Tony as the ‘ jewel in Lewes 's gastronomic crown ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ What happens at the other end ? ’ |
| 30 | I would still however consider that the stop north of Scotmid would be a little closer to Low 's shop then the next stop once it is relocated at the southern end of St Patrick Square . |