Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] at the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Ashcroft Noble had never forbidden his study to children , and Helen later recalled seeing Edward at the end of a visit still standing by a bookcase and reluctant to leave . |
| 2 | But trail rides also mean facing long climbs , often dismounting and walking , aching limbs at the end of a long day , and in the case of Argyllshire sufficient jumping ability to take your horse over the occasional stone wall . |
| 3 | — For valuing stocks at the end of the accounting period . |
| 4 | The video would show activities undertaken during a typical school day , including lunch times and break times , the routines for meeting children at the end of the day , introduce the staff and the chair of governors and the chair of the parents ' association . |
| 5 | in spite of continuing claims of IT skill shortages in 1984 , one-third of students completing IT Advanced Courses did not have a job to go to and were seeking employment at the end of their courses ; |
| 6 | In view of the much publicised claims of skill shortages for IT staff in 1984 , It was rather surprising to find such a high proportion of Advanced Course students still seeking employment at the end of their courses . |
| 7 | At home , money meant food or perhaps , if one had saved a lot , more land , but here the shops were full of the most amazing commodities and getting money at the end of the week seemed to suggest that these things were within one 's reach . |
| 8 | JUSTIN FASHANU , player and assistant manager of Third Division Torquay , is quitting football at the end of the season to concentrate on a career in broadcasting . |
| 9 | Firstly I had a phone call from a very new knitter who complained she was getting loops at the end of her knitting and dropped stitches along the row all the time . |
| 10 | The positive thinking golfer , Player A has picked out an aiming point at the end of the fairway . |
| 11 | Distribution of food assistance by local relief organizations was reportedly under way in mid-January , although distribution was still facing difficulties at the end of the month . |
| 12 | Erm , obviously one needs to change peoples ideas or change the way we do things or whatever , erm two relevant position that 's sort of making them believe in what they 're trying to erm , propose , and getting commitment at the end . |
| 13 | The Philippines , Chile , Uruguay and Morocco ( which had already negotiated new rescheduling agreements in 1988 — see p. 37220 ) were all holding negotiations at the end of 1990 with a view to debt reduction deals . |
| 14 | There are a number of points of view the executive want to put and I 'll be calling Paul at the end of that debate . |
| 15 | Pupils giving estimates at the end of this range might well be considered sensible to give the height of a door as 5 feet and 10 feet respectively . |
| 16 | ‘ I was taking exams at the end of my second year studying architecture at Liverpool University . ’ |
| 17 | Delivery of the final members of the class was still taking place at the end of the decade , but the early members had by then settled into their routine of West Coast InterCity push-pull passenger duties with similarlooking new driving van trailers at the opposite end , plus freights from the North to the East Coast ports via the newly electrified North London link . |
| 18 | Closure of cash collecting paypoints at the end of this month will mean poll tax payers at Loftus , Saltburn and Skelton having to pay by post , through an arrangement with their bank , or by travelling to one of the other cash offices at Guisborough , Redcar and Eston . |
| 19 | A pleasant week in the Bristol Channel when we reached Bristol once more , then on to the Scillies in a nasty little summer gale , finally reaching Southampton at the end of June . |
| 20 | The care which bereaved Minoans sometimes lavished on their dead suggests a belief in the AFTERLIFE , and the idea of an Elysium , a pleasant Heaven awaiting people at the end of their earthly lives , is thought to have been a Minoan creation . |
| 21 | The evidence on housing interiors given by the Women 's Labour League to the Tudor Walters Committee on Housing Design at the end of the War proved influential , although housing policy generally was formulated more from a fear of unrest by working class men than with the needs of working class women in mind . |
| 22 | After this he began mentioning penicillin at the end of lectures on sulphonamides . |
| 23 | This can be allocated by allowing a number of control intervals to remain entirely empty , by leaving space at the end of every control interval that contains data records , or by a combination of both techniques . |
| 24 | Most of the girls in my year , though not necessarily my friends , were leaving school at the end of the term . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought we agreed no more after first 500 unless get all captives , ’ read Alton Keel 's notes , quoting Weinberger at the end of the day . |
| 26 | Apparently the sale of the house is going through , with the prospect of exchanging contracts at the end of the month . ’ |