Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 31 | " There you go , girl , " I said at the other end , when I brought in the final batch . |
| 32 | It was long and low , humped at the northern end and tapering to the south into flat rocks washed by the sea . |
| 33 | On all of these cars the small wooden side lamp boxes were replaced soon after the war , by neat metal side lamps , pointed at the rear end like a torpedo . |
| 34 | A woman stood at the shallow end , her hand under the chin of a small child , encouraging it along . |
| 35 | The the horse-drawn lorries going to the different curing stations where the gutter girls stood at the far end dressed in their oilskin aprons ready to start the day 's work . |
| 36 | Roscarrock Hall stood at the southern end of the village of Polruan , occupying several acres of terraced fields , outbuildings and woodland . |
| 37 | ‘ Albert stood at the other end , to balance her , ’ said Finn . |
| 38 | The Upper Mill stood at the western end of the village , and was always a corn mill . |
| 39 | The chapel was small , an altar stood at the further end from the entrance we came in by . |
| 40 | They passed from her to Louis , who sat at the other end of the sofa reading Le Figaro . |
| 41 | I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end . |
| 42 | Ashley sat at the other end of the sofa , well away from him . |
| 43 | Jack 's mother Lilly sat at the far end of the table opposite her husband . |
| 44 | They sat at the far end of the carriage , talking in hushed tones . |