Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] [adj] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was defending himself with great skill , every now and then sliding his hands down the staff and striking at a distance with its full length , and then suddenly changing direction and bringing the shortened end up in a jab at the face or stomach of one of the attackers he had tempted to come too close . |
| 2 | or touching it and that pad should be big enough to cover the wound , so you should something , overlaps , alright , and then if you find , if you unwrap the roll a little bit further , you do n't want to unroll it completely , your see that if while you 're using it in practice you need to roll it up again backwards towards the back of the bandage like so , we 'll roll it up again , backwards and when you get to the bandage you just fold the bandage up around the long end and wind the short end round it firmly and there it 's ready for use again in practice , you would n't of course do that for real would you ? |
| 3 | He 's on the loose with Ann 's crowbar , which is long and heavy and has a split end with two pointed prongs . |
| 4 | He let her go , and caught the free end of the wire with both hands . |
| 5 | In his pocket he found a screwdriver and inspected the narrow end as if he were a surgeon about to perform a delicate operation . |
| 6 | Tie a knot in one end of the cotton , so that it does not get pulled through the cup , and attach the other end to the button . |
| 7 | Cover the cake , tucking the fondant underneath and squaring the bottom end slightly over the marzipan cone . |
| 8 | He shakes out the match and places the spent end on the work surface beside the cooker . |
| 9 | At this point , the men , fancying their prowess in an emergency , insisted on taking over the action and promised a speedy end to the conflagration by pinning an old piece of carpet across the fireplace . |
| 10 | Kevin had exposed the connection with the previous pipe , so the easiest thing to do was to carefully break the pipe at the connector , and cut the other end about 100mm away from the hardcore . |
| 11 | The Senator drew hard on his cigar and studied the glowing end . |
| 12 | When he 'd done that he took the cigarette out of his mouth , tapped some ash off and studied the glowing end . |
| 13 | When you backshift it 's like the chain 's come off so I just use the rear brake to settle the suspension and stop the rear end from going crazy . ’ |
| 14 | Light the candle and hold the pierced end of the strip in the flame . |
| 15 | In one of his lengthy letters to Jack from Shanghai , he suggested that they ‘ yield to sentiment and construct the Little End Room in your sitting room at Magdalen ’ . |
| 16 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 17 | ‘ Not much longer , ’ he promised , and threw the loose end of the wire over the lowest part of the ironwork . |
| 18 | If it 's too hot , use gloves or push it over with a spade and lift the other end up so now the holes that were in the bottom are now on top and there is smoke coming out of them . |
| 19 | Put a hat , a joke and a small gift ( see below ) into the tube and secure the other end , as before , with an elastic band . |
| 20 | Within hours , however , the German invasion of Belgium overshadowed the Russian menace , and put a sudden end to pacifist resistance . |
| 21 | For the first time in her life , she was hurt by the sight of Hong Kong , that beautiful neon city , glittering like a great gaudy Ferris wheel on the edge of China and signifying the absolute end of her dream with Damian , the end of an enclosed world with no past or future , only the sensual present , leading them further and further into pleasure without limit or consequence . |
| 22 | With right side of work facing and leaving a loose end , insert needle from front to back between the loops at centre , four rows from the start of the panel . |
| 23 | try and slide the sharp end of the screwdriver |
| 24 | The alternative is to scare off the enemy and this is done by inflating the body and raising the rear end of it towards the approaching assailant . |