Example sentences of "end up [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I usually end up writing large chunks of each edition .
2 I tend to buy something new once a month , and inevitably end up getting various items for both Roger and Jamie as well , so I have to try to keep my spending under strict control .
3 He was the one that got me pregnant and he says that I ca n't come home at all now and I phoned the hospital , yes , and they said that come in and if I go in then you 're going to arrest me and then you 'll just call my dad like you always have done every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant .
4 Every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant .
5 And every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant .
6 But of course the users do n't know what they want , so they end up getting another duff system .
7 You may find that distance closes quickly during a combination sequence and you and your opponent end up facing each other within reverse punch range .
8 so I 'll be looking more towards that now and end up thinking that 's the harder .
9 Heads of United States government departments usually end up playing one of two roles .
10 But by playing D in a sequence of encounters , both players end up scoring less than they would by cooperating ( because R P ) .
11 And end up falling flat on her face or something like that !
12 MOVIES that are a smash hit at the box-office still end up losing millions .
13 ‘ We always end up losing some of the group during the factory tour because they are off chatting to old friends . ’
14 You end up having inappropriate sculptures just put somewhere in front of the building , bearing no relation to it or its function .
15 ‘ If you give it away it comes back in its own good time , like that dreadful assembly hymn , you know … and ‘ you end up having more ’ . ’
16 So we end up dissociating one piece of behaviour from another : in ‘ blindsight ’ , the verbal response ‘ No , I did not see the light ’ is dissociated from the ability to move the eyes towards the light .
17 ’ People might think it 's odd that I have this rich , famous dad and still end up sleeping rough .
18 No , in the barn , 'cos they went yesterday morning , and er , they end up sleeping last night , due back today
19 Double-handed weapons are a good option because Ogres have such a low initiative they usually end up striking last anyway .
20 ‘ That expectation makes me freeze up and feel very shy and nervous , or else it makes my try too hard and I just end up feeling awkward .
21 I end up feeling sorry for him every time I watch it
22 With competition at big clubs , you often get young players who ‘ die ’ in the reserves etc — often they get sold to lower division clubs for their own good … but then the big clubs end up spending millions to get them back again .
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