Example sentences of "[verb] at one end [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | all damaged at one end and I , you know , erm thought I 'd cut that away |
2 | Built around two , 200-metre-long concrete pontoons , it is linked at one end and has a floating gate at the other which closes when a submarine is inside . |
3 | The specimen is firmly fixed at one end and the other end is clamped to a disc , with a large moment of inertia , which can move freely . |
4 | Carve one half so that it is mounded at one end and tapering at the other , to form the lid ( see illustration ) . |
5 | This bar is clamped at one end and the other end is then broken off by means of a heavy hammer in the form of a pendulum . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | And something I have not seen anywhere else , though it makes good sense , is that in these mainly narrow streets , the shops have their signs strung out at right-angles across the way so that you can stand at one end and read their names from there , without having to go down to look at them one by one . |
8 | And the theory is that every individual has an innate inborn preference for behaving at one end or the other . |
9 | So it does n't mean to say that you only behave at one end or the other . |
10 | A 150 mm cut off length of 25 mm vanadium steel hacksaw blade sharpened at one end and wrapped in PVC insulating tape at the other makes a very useful scraper . |
11 | 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 . |