Example sentences of "[vb past] at the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stopped at the far end just under the small choir loft where there was a recess leading up to the tower . |
| 2 | Rangers , without a win in their last eight league games , clinched a deserved victory when Mark Bradshaw scored at the far post . |
| 3 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 4 | A white sink shone at the far end , some sort of covered porcelain bucket underneath it . |
| 5 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
| 6 | The frogs did as Sergeant advised , and discovered at the far end of the garden , near the brick wall , a fine shady place among a cluster of mossy rocks . |
| 7 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 8 | It emerged at the far post where McGoldrick slid in to score his seventh goal of the season . |
| 9 | At eleven o'clock the big Volvo appeared at the far end of the hangar and drove slowly towards him , coming to a stop with its engine running forty feet away . |
| 10 | He had just reached the box when a man on a bicycle appeared at the far end of the street . |
| 11 | Moments later an official appeared at the far end of the corridor and hurried to him . |
| 12 | ‘ Indeed … ’ began Wu Shih , then stopped , turning as his Chancellor appeared at the far end of the gallery . |
| 13 | Celtic made the breakthrough in the 11th minute when the recalled Charlie Nicholas was first presented with an opening six yards from goal but hesitated , leaving the chance to his striking partner , Frank McAvennie , who appeared at the far post to squeeze the ball in . |
| 14 | A hound spoke at the far end of the wood . |
| 15 | When I made no response he turned and gazed at the far line of coral reef that was marked by a fret of white breaking water . |
| 16 | The the horse-drawn lorries going to the different curing stations where the gutter girls stood at the far end dressed in their oilskin aprons ready to start the day 's work . |
| 17 | Jack 's mother Lilly sat at the far end of the table opposite her husband . |
| 18 | They sat at the far end of the carriage , talking in hushed tones . |
| 19 | The Gnomes sat at the far table , eating and drinking happily , whiling away an amiable half hour by telling anyone who would listen the entire history of the Crown Jewels and the history of the Gallan forges . |
| 20 | Below , the prisoners sat at the far side of a rank of yellow-decked tables , with their little visitors — women , kids , the old — ranged opposite on kitchen chairs . |
| 21 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |