Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 2 | Down at the far end of the valley , there was still snow on the upper slopes of the mountains ; they looked as if they 'd been sugar-dusted , with stone walls showing like fine , black veins above the treeline . |
| 3 | Down at the far end someone has fitted a neon sign , but the rest of the sites are anonymous in the night . |
| 4 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 5 | We 'll start down at the far end of what we call the lured mark and from there you 'll have to tack all the way up to this closest one , the windward mark . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're lucky you 're up this end of the Cages with us because there 's … ’ and here he dropped his voice into a horrified whisper , ‘ … there 's a couple of vultures down at the other end . |
| 7 | It was just I , I went down they played Liverpool in the cup about that era , and the , the wall was pushed down at the Street end but erm the people just spilled on the pitch and I do n't think anyone was really hurt , this happened when they played er Liverpool in the cup a couple of years ago the wall was pushed down at the other end on that occasion , but er there was just one , one person hurt but there was n't anybody very seriously injured as I understand |
| 8 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 9 | Worrell had been vice-captain against England in 1953–4 , but when Australia toured a year later the selectors ' feet , apparently , had turned cold ; Denis Atkinson , who had little captaincy experience , was made Stollmeyer 's deputy , and as Stollmeyer then missed three Tests through injury , found himself pitched in at the deep end . |
| 10 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 11 | THE AGRICULTURAL Research Council is about to dive in at the deep end of commercial research by launching the Agricultural Genetics Company . |
| 12 | IN AT THE DEEP END |
| 13 | Lottie was thrown in at the deep end : |
| 14 | It 's really not hard at all ; you just have to dive in at the deep end . ’ |
| 15 | Meanwhile , unknown Graham Kavanagh could be tossed in at the deep end for Middlesbrough 's FA Cup clash with Chelsea on Sunday . |
| 16 | England 's far-sighted youth development policy is now being matched by the selectors ' willingness to throw teenagers in at the deep end . |
| 17 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 18 | THREE Ipswich Witches youngsters will be thrown in at the deep end on Thursday when Foxhall Stadium stages the Star of Anglia on the opening day of the 1993 speedway season . |
| 19 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |
| 20 | Now McFall either jumps in at the deep end or dithers and backs off — he never falls off . |
| 21 | I was thus , unceremoniously ‘ thrown in at the deep end ’ . |
| 22 | I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down . |
| 23 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 24 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |
| 25 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
| 26 | If it is too drastic to jump in at the deep end with such a sweeping change , why not try it out in experimental matches , festival or night matches ? |
| 27 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
| 28 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
| 29 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 30 | Keeping things simple is often the best bet , an investment of both time and effort is required to learn anything new , so diving in at the deep end with one of the full-blown integrated packages may cause more disruption than it 's worth . |