Example sentences of "[prep] end to [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 Light was admitted during the daytime through the long framed windows fitted with moulded glass , which could be seen stretching from end to end of the van under the cornice .
2 It was then that the signal fire was lit which Allen watched from his tree-top. from end to end of the forest smoke rose in response , and when to east , to west , to south , and north the signal stations were assembled the message went out from the outlaws ' camp : ‘ The Cage is Open . ’
3 Nenna felt tired , and sat down on the keelson , which ran from end to end of the flat-bottomed barge .
4 He ran from end to end of the yard and paused as he came back to the edge of the fire to peer down into a shattered mirror .
5 Yes they just had one maybe one melodeon or one fiddle , but played for the whole dance and you could hear it from end to end of the hall .
6 Then the drifting cloud that had massed before the rising sun parted , and a single shaft of direct light leaped through the east window , setting the rose tracery ablaze with glowing colours , and flew like a lance from end to end of the church , calling out of shadow the strong , slender ribs that patterned the vault with great starry flowers , turning the roofrib to gold , and glittering in the curls of all the singing cherubim on the painted bosses .
7 A breath on the flames , and there would be fire from end to end of the march ; and the Prince was in urgent but still friendly correspondence with King Henry in the effort to settle the dissensions peacefully and without affront to either Welsh or English honour .
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