Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 2 | ‘ United have emerged as favourites now and that suits me fine , as long as we are up there challenging them at the end of the season . |
| 3 | Erm , the kit that these boys are wearing is a number of years old , and therefore we are going to need think about replacing it at the end of this season . |
| 4 | We both look forward to seeing you at the end of this term , and to those warm family evenings of good food , relaxation and talk . |
| 5 | well if you think you might get some money at the end of the season , he said , you may find that you 'll be paying them at the end of the season ! |
| 6 | You are going to be getting them at the end of the case in any event and why should you be kept out of them ? |
| 7 | The researchers found that a change of curriculum from traditional academic subjects to topics of local relevance forced a change of roles for teachers and pupils ( the latter becoming knowledge-holders ) and a change of methods and time-tabling which in the end proved non-acceptable , least of all to parents who favoured the traditional approach as a gateway to success , and resisted innovation ( 17 ) . |
| 8 | He looked at Bernard , frowned , then glanced round sharply when he heard someone calling him from the end of the counter . |
| 9 | Well just any time , we wo n't be doing nothing until the end of May anyway . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're having it at the end of January … ’ |
| 11 | A good dancing tune now , or else you might be dancing yourself on the end of a rope . ’ |
| 12 | The South African Grand Prix at Kyalami was also won by Lauda but Hunt came close to catching him at the end , losing by just over a second . |
| 13 | This facility ‘ for burying an emotion in my heart or brain for forty years , and exhuming it at the end of that time as fresh as when interred ’ , as he described it , lies behind many of his most successful lyrics . |
| 14 | I did n't know if you were comparing it at the end . |
| 15 | The government wanted to stop subsidising it by the end of 1991–92 , but has now given up that idea . |
| 16 | Thus in northern Nigeria there has been a long-established practice of Hausa farmers purchasing immature beef cattle at the end of the harvesting season , and feeding them on maize stalks and other crop residues during the dry season , before marketing them at the end of six months . |
| 17 | Their neighbours Lurgan will also be taking the road to Dublin , with CYM awaiting them at the end of the journey . |
| 18 | Leaving them to the end saves confusing inexperienced students . |
| 19 | BIG Brother will be watching you from the end of this week when spy cameras start to operate in north-east Essex . |
| 20 | ‘ Procedures were carried out with care and precision on a ‘ right first time ’ principle — they did not rely on adjusting something at the end of the process to get it right . ’ |
| 21 | He 'll introduce proposals for abolishing it by the end of the year . |
| 22 | It 's no good leaving it till the end of the season . ’ |
| 23 | , our long serving secretary will be leaving us at the end of May . |