Example sentences of "he [vb past] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knotted the end of the tie round the other side of the window . |
| 2 | He pierced the end walls with rose-windows which are among the earliest in existence . |
| 3 | He failed the end of year exams after the first year and changed his subject to sociology , in which he later attained a degree . |
| 4 | His face donned a mask of decisive coolness and he twiddled the end of his moustache without letting go of his gloves . |
| 5 | As he approached the end of the passage , Mungo could already see that the furthest room was in darkness . |
| 6 | He sucked the end of his pen , wishing he had a cigarette , trying to concentrate upon these last two sentences in his account of Robert 's alleged misdemeanours . |
| 7 | Benjamin , however , cleaned his teeth , cupping his hand occasionally as he studied the end of the toothpick . |
| 8 | He pulled the end of the nylon line towards him , reaching for the hook . |
| 9 | He grabbed the end of the case before it hit him and stepped backwards using my momentum to take me forward and off balance , then he shoved back . |
| 10 | First time he got on a tractor — when he reached the end of the field he shouted ‘ Whoa ! ’ ’ |
| 11 | Once outside , he did n't stop running until he reached the end of the street . |
| 12 | When he reached the end and put the paper back in his pocket , the audience shifted and swayed slightly , making him realize just how raptly they had listened to him . |
| 13 | By the time he reached the end of the yard Martin was already out of the car and was running up the steps to the house . |
| 14 | Ignoring the pain that shot through his leg with every step , he reached the end of the alleyway . |
| 15 | As he reached the end of the quay , where the road ascends steeply from the harbour , he turned for one parting shot : " You marry him , then ! " he shouted . |
| 16 | When he reached the end , she went up to him , shyly told him how much she liked what she had heard . |
| 17 | When he reached the end of the street , Scott turned and looked back towards the house . |
| 18 | The brake lights flared suddenly red as he reached the end . |
| 19 | He almost stopped before he reached the end of the sentence , flicking his black eyes over the company to make sure no strangers were present to overhear , report , misrepresent his little blow against hierarchy . |
| 20 | He also had a great deal of ability , but like all the older ones had to leave school and go out to work to help support the family once he reached the end of primary school . |
| 21 | And the list grew longer every time , for he did n't just read the new names but began with the first and proceeded to the newest , the tension in his cathedral growing as he reached the end of the litany of those whose names were already familiar and , without pause , added those of the latest . |
| 22 | Ignoring me , he chewed the end off and parked it in an ashtray . |
| 23 | He rubbed the end of his nose with one grubby hand in a puzzled kind of way . |
| 24 | The Minister said that the peak age for offending has risen to 18 from 15 , but he chose the end of the two-year period that I would describe as covering the most vulnerable young people on whom the Government have picked in the past 12 years . |
| 25 | He slammed the door behind him and shouted , ‘ Up , up , up , ’ as he kicked the end of any bed that still had a body supine on it . |
| 26 | She first met him when she studied at Trinity College , Dublin , as he neared the end of his degree course . |
| 27 | Slowly , as if driven , and knowing full well what she was doing , Meredith pulled off her hat and released her own hair again as he neared the end of the duckboards , still gently guiding the old lady and chatting to her courteously . |
| 28 | Two hours and several ‘ objections ’ from the defence later , he neared the end of his evidence . |
| 29 | And he wrapped the end of the spun-metal blanket around her back like a sarong . |