Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the other end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 2 | Then he charged to the other end to anticipate a precise through ball from McMahon and reach it just before the advancing Lukic and flick it into the empty net . |
| 3 | Henry wandered to the other end of the room . |
| 4 | Finally the iron pin would be attached to the hinge fitting , pointed at the catch-plate and coiled at the other end to form a spring hinge . |
| 5 | Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool . |
| 6 | The only sounds came from the other end of the room where the woman was splitting the artichokes and tossing them with a splash into a big plastic bowl . |
| 7 | Bertha almost bellowed from the other end . |
| 8 | Of course , there are no witnesses to what happened at the other end of her journey . |
| 9 | And Joe waited , cruelly , and nothing happened at the other end of the line . |
| 10 | Would you mind desperately if just this once I paid at the other end ? ’ |
| 11 | The side corridor ran along the length of these three rooms , and opened at the other end of the car into a comfortable lounge , with settee , three armchairs , and tables . |
| 12 | She put the money in the till , walked to the other end of the bar , and began ostentatiously polishing glasses . |
| 13 | ‘ I know whose voice I heard on the other end of the line . ’ |
| 14 | But then United broke to the other end and won a free kick a minute into injury time . |
| 15 | The phone rang at the other end , and was answered immediately , as though she had been sitting beside it , waiting . |
| 16 | Blenning Bombers , er were these Bostons and Harvards they er quite a twin engine quite a wide wingspan and quite heavy for what they were , but as they were stripped down in , in the top hanger , and like I say a lot of stuff was salvaged from them , which was still good as they went out reconditioned at the other end . |
| 17 | What happened to them when they got to the other end I have never dared to ask , but perhaps these few illustrations ( pages 82–83 ) will convince you that Doc Winfield actually sat in this contraption and was hooked from a completely static position by an aircraft into the air and probably ( and I never found out ) delivered to some hospital none the worse for the experiment . |
| 18 | And when we got to the other end one of the lads actually walked in and did a waltz into the school with it which the kids thought was great . |
| 19 | They sat on arguing for three hours while Ella went into the other end of the house and sang quietly to the baby and wee Alex came home filthy from playing and sat drowsily beside the fire , chewing at the bones of the fowl . |
| 20 | Mr Bumble jumped to his feet and went to the other end of the room . |
| 21 | We were told what to do and then left , as the instructor went to the other end of the loch to shout instructions at a few stranded boats . |
| 22 | On the other hand , if you went to the other end of the scale and in that same season you looked at all horses that were offered at precisely two to one on , then you 'll find that there were twenty two horses which were offered at those odds and fifteen of them won . |
| 23 | As he emerged at the other end he was aware of a frightful , blinding , stunning pain in his head , and then nothing . |
| 24 | An elderly man and his wife appeared at the other end of the bar . |
| 25 | A large man and a small boy appeared at the other end of the platform : she hobbled on her heels , humping her heavy suitcase , towards them . |
| 26 | " There you go , girl , " I said at the other end , when I brought in the final batch . |
| 27 | Then the Oxford prop Jones was warned for stamping , another penalty was awarded and Cambridge swept to the other end to seal the match with an opportunist try by Adrian Davies . |
| 28 | ‘ Albert stood at the other end , to balance her , ’ said Finn . |
| 29 | They passed from her to Louis , who sat at the other end of the sofa reading Le Figaro . |
| 30 | I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end . |