Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [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 | Mr. Lorrimer 's voice , frail and querulous , was bleating at the other end . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In vertebrates , shortly after gastrulation , the brain can be seen forming at the anterior end of the embryo . |
| 5 | Nigel Rolnis found out … and in April he 'll be looking at the other end of the market , £6,000 . |
| 6 | They are operating at the bottom end of the market with no capital and no security . |
| 7 | Easily Accessible : The village of Raskelf is a rural community lying at the northern end of the Vale of York , a few miles from the Hambleton Hills which form the southern edge of the North York Moors . |
| 8 | Only the dark Porsche squatting at the far end of the drive gives some indication that a local does not live here . |
| 9 | There had been a cancellation so two seats would be available on a Tarom flight five days hence with a Romanian Automobile Club hire car waiting at the other end . |
| 10 | A score of older cadets were waiting at the far end behind what was evidently a transparent plascrystal wall . |
| 11 | Ted Stanley used up two pints of bronze maggots while loose feeding at the opposite end of the car park bank and finished with a heavy mixed net of fish . |
| 12 | Along the north side wall , beginning at the eastern end and for some 250ft was the machine row , which consisted of cross-cut and band-saws , mortising machines , planers , two spoke machines , wheel lathe , trimming machine , boring machines etc . |
| 13 | A couple of minutes later , she heard footsteps approaching at the other end of the line . |
| 14 | Ah , but is this only because people are suffering at the other end ? |
| 15 | Consistent sailing means not taking too many unnecessary risks , such as not starting at the crowded end of the start line or sailing completely to one side of the beat where just one unfavourable wind shift can ruin you . |
| 16 | But by starting at the other end , |
| 17 | As well as engineering this link , James Brindley also built the Staffordshire and Worcestershire ( or Wolverhampton ) Canal connecting at the other end with the Severn . |
| 18 | Beinn Alligin is the third of the great Torridon giants and more amenable than its fellows , and more honest , the whole effort of climbing to the summit ridge , traversing it and descending at the far end to return down the corrie being assessed at a glance , although probably under-estimated . |
| 19 | Room time-out : the child is removed from an enjoyable activity , not allowed to observe this , but not totally isolated — for example , standing at the far end of the sitting room , or sitting on a straight-backed chair . |
| 20 | Yvonne was standing at the far end of the room in her red tent dress , her arms extended , a glass of brandy glimmering in one hand . |
| 21 | Standing at the far end of the room , before the southern doors , is a man clad head to toe in plate mail armour , wielding a rune-inscribed bastard sword . |
| 22 | T'zin was standing at the far end , and Jotan and Nogai were circling one another in the wide space of one of the loose boxes . |
| 23 | She was standing at the far end of the room , waiting for him . |
| 24 | Flinging it wide , she made to thrust the other woman from the house , only to be brought up short by the sight of two gentlemen standing at the other end of the long covered porch . |
| 25 | A policeman was standing at the other end of the alley . |
| 26 | his school uniform , strip naked , was standing at the other end of the pool did n't say anything , Al Alistair , deaf guy |
| 27 | It was such a jolly little lighthouse , white , and standing at the very end of a promontory . |
| 28 | Laura was ironing at the kitchen table , John sitting at the other end of the table with a bottle and glass in front of him . |
| 29 | Jackson have long stood for high quality American instruments , with their Japanese- and Korean-made Charvel counterparts sitting at the other end of the corporate see-saw . |
| 30 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |