Example sentences of "[verb] end up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally you might like to end up with a set which , even if only subconsciously , reminds you of the atmosphere and tension of those rallies . ’ |
| 2 | They are going to end up with a lot of bankrupt people . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you levelling ? ’ he asked , ‘ 'cos if you ai n't that kid is still going to end up in a body-bag . ’ |
| 4 | Might have ended up with a house like this , ’ he added with a laugh . |
| 5 | The ankle muscles were holding the foot in an almost normal position — oblivious to the fact that the joints had nothing to rest on , that this was a classic case of a boy who would normally have ended up with a club foot . |
| 6 | It 's almost like the ceremony of ordaining a bishop in fact if I 'd turned the wrong page we could have ended up with a bishop rather than an abbot you know |
| 7 | Oddly enough , Stirling might well have ended up as a brigadier with an even larger command . |
| 8 | They may not have made him the finest British light comedian since his hero David Niven , but at least they rescued him from an uncertain future in Britain where he may have ended up as a cross between Roy Castle and Ronnie Corbett . |
| 9 | With hindsight , it was probably the best thing that could have happened to him , otherwise he would no doubt have ended up as a Bomber Pilot , and no-one knows better than I what a dead-end occupation that was . |
| 10 | Had it not been for human kindess he would have ended up in a pork pie . |
| 11 | It is an essential part of the composition and , as George put it : ‘ You do n't want to end up with a cushion that resembles a lump of putty . ’ |
| 12 | And apparently Jason Horfitz then said he would n't be passing on the information he had to anybody else as he did n't want to end up in a ditch . ’ |
| 13 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |
| 14 | The best move was a forty yard pass from Macca , touched on by Deane to Wallace , I think ending up with a shot from Rocky . |
| 15 | If you did end up as a German , however , you still played to win and I can remember a kind of perverse pleasure in being determined to win , even though I was a German , which was something of a contradiction . |
| 16 | I 've ended up with a drink in the face , exit really quickly , her boyfriend did n't really like it much … ’ |
| 17 | We have ended up in a mess . |
| 18 | In a society in which achievement is highly valued , and where people compete for jobs in an apparently open market , people may feel a sense of failure if they admit they have ended up in a job with which they are dissatisfied . |