Example sentences of "[verb] themselves [prep] the [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legal aid was provided for more than 337,000 people last year , including many who found themselves on the receiving end of a court action . |
| 2 | Black people found themselves on the receiving end of racism in all manner of forms from the beginning of their arrival in Britain . |
| 3 | Willpower often works — although it did not for Bailey McMahon , who found themselves on the receiving end of action by the Irish authorities . |
| 4 | Other artisan groups also from time to time found themselves on the receiving end of employer " impositions " . |
| 5 | Yet another court case would loom from this situation although , for once , it was The Smiths who found themselves in the receiving end . |
| 6 | Janet 's counsellor Mamie Graham is on the end of a phone 24 hours a day for those who find themselves at the sharp end of crime . |
| 7 | Stringent safety measures now operate on buses to help drivers who , like Mr Seymour , find themselves at the sharp end of Strathclyde 's rising tide of serious crime . |