Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said well you 've got to stay to the end I mean , but do n't stay right to the end , you know sort of |
| 2 | Old age begins officially on retirement but the majority of people in their sixties and many in their seventies remain reasonably fit , independent , active and content and in many cases they will remain so until the end of their lives . |
| 3 | My contact at the Yard may know more by the end of the day . |
| 4 | The moral of this tale you can carry away at the end of my story of two Corbetts . |
| 5 | They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end . |
| 6 | The number of people in the working age group ( 16 – 65 ) was 32 million in 1985 , of whom 26 million were economically active ( Thompson 1987 ) The age group will grow marginally till the end of the century but due to the precipitate drop in the younger age groups a sustained period of ageing within the working population has begun . |
| 7 | He regarded all existing churches as false , believing the true church would emerge only at the end of the 1,260 years in the wilderness ( Revelations xii . |
| 8 | The changes will take several months to make much difference to most people 's lives ( price controls remain on basic foods , heating and transport ; the auctions of small businesses will begin only at the end of January ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been to see your husband , ’ she said — I did n't like that at all — ‘ and he asked me to tell you that if you do n't return home by the end of the week he is going to join forces with Kirsty Bull : she 's coming to live in and look after your children . ’ |
| 10 | The two leaders will meet again at the end of January , and later to sign a treaty on co-operation and good neighbourly relations by next spring which is to cement what is being described as a ‘ Treaty-based relationship . ’ |
| 11 | Parish council : The parish council will not meet again until the end of April as the parish AGM is taking place on Saturday April 4 . |
| 12 | The parish council will not meet again until the end of April as the parish AGM is taking place on Saturday . |
| 13 | ‘ Do your feet go right to the end of those ? ’ |
| 14 | They do n't leave much at the end . |
| 15 | The difference was that he could go home at the end of every shift . |
| 16 | Bert Lewis , urbane and big-hearted , director of many companies , says ‘ Things will change decisively before the end of the year — one way or another — and its hard to imagine it being ‘ the other ’ . ’ |
| 17 | It is tempting to hang on to the launch , thinking that it will pick up speed , but if you do you may arrive almost over the end of the field with very little height or speed — an awkward situation . |
| 18 | The Thyssen museum opened in Madrid on 9th of last month to fairly general self-congratulation in the Spanish newspapers , qualified by the hope that the paintings would remain there at the end of the nine and a half years loan/rental period ( The Art Newspaper No. 21 , Oct 1992 , pp.1 , 6 ) . |
| 19 | We 'll get there in the end . ’ |
| 20 | You 'll get there in the end . ’ |
| 21 | It may take me a little longer but … ’ he smiled , and his confidence made her dislike him more than ever , ‘ I promise you I shall get there in the end . ’ |
| 22 | If you have a positive attitude to life you will get there in the end . |
| 23 | He 'll get there in the end but we ca n't wait . |
| 24 | You may need to ask for advice , or even have one or two dummy runs , but given time you can get there in the end . |
| 25 | He was not resentful , because he would get there in the end . |
| 26 | You 'll get there in the end . |
| 27 | ‘ I knew you 'd get there in the end . ’ |
| 28 | Do the sounds for that one cos you 'll get there in the end . |
| 29 | Future : Jesus who will come again at the end of time as King of Kings ; as Judge of the living and the dead ; and who will usher his faithful people into the Kingdom of his Father . |
| 30 | The ‘ first night ’ was always a little tense and emotional as we saw hundreds come forward at the end of the service to commit their lives to Christ . |