Example sentences of "[pers pn] end [adv prt] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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1 | I get very uptight over what to say without upsetting him , so when we do finally talk I end up saying the wrong things . |
2 | There between my legs , the front wheels , and I ended up holding the handlebars and staring into this wee boy 's face a look of sheer fucking terror on his face , |
3 | Although the story of my doing Balthazar B and the Beastly Beatitudes is a bit strange inasmuch as I ended up playing the part that was completely opposite from the one I was originally intended to do . |
4 | I was getting that sick I ended up signing the papers and Stephen was adopted . |
5 | This is very difficult to do , and unless the practitioner is careful she ends up resembling the Prime Minister feigning compassion in the face of some disaster . |
6 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
7 | You end up speaking the same jargon or formulae as the establishment without stopping to think . |
8 | If you have an odd number of needles , you end up knitting the same needles on every row , so that after a few rows the carriage jams . |
9 | But I think all the time where you have to keep on fighting all the time , so now like you get so mouthy in the end you ca n't shut up , you know [ laughs ] , you end up winning the argument 'cos you ca n't shut up , like . |
10 | As you write the essay you may find that the focus shifts , with the result that you end up rejecting the original title and finding a more suitable one . |
11 | She ended up calling the brigade and a friendly fireman eased out an inner window and removed the table top . |
12 | But in order to have the kitchen she wanted , she ended up redesigning the ground floor . |
13 | So we ended up staying the night at a hotel , The Majestic , the big one right on the sea front As usual Malcolm feigned being borassic so she ended up shelling out for two rooms . |
14 | Even though we ended up winning the FA Cup I feel we never really got started last season . |
15 | In California there was no competition , in Maryland there was no competition , every place that G Tec operates , they go in , they hire the highest price talent , they hire the most politically connected talent and they end up getting the contract . |
16 | A new computer simulator 's been designed to teach drivers how to handle a skid before they end up learning the hard way . |
17 | Like the physicalist attacks on the privacy of subjective experience , these attacks on intellect are self-defeating , in that they end up denying the very realities they are trying to explain . |
18 | Do they end up working the way we 've got to bloody work here on this tiny pension or the pension that they 've earned as an MP |
19 | Often they ended up wandering the streets . |
20 | Want me to end up making the tea . |
21 | He ended up getting the death penalty , not for murder , but for molesting a 12-year-old . |