Example sentences of "end of [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spider has fangs on the ends of its jaws and with these it paralyses the prey by injecting it with poisons . |
| 2 | The sleek half-fish-half-insect-looking machine with its low snout , long canopy , slim double-tapered fuselage , squat trailing-link undercarriage and 110-degree V-tail immediately recalled memories of the shiny blue mounts of la Patrouille — though the ends of its tanks remain un-dented by the games of ‘ tap-the-tip-tank ’ which those characters played on boring transits . |
| 3 | She reached the edge and stood still for a long time , only her skirt fluttering , and the ends of her hair . |
| 4 | The Braun Independent heated up very quickly , but Sarah found it tricky to use the tong without the ends of her hair having a kink . |
| 5 | The greased and oiled ends of her hair and beard were alight , burning slowly . |
| 6 | Rosa 's fingers were twisting the ends of her belt . |
| 7 | Helen pressed her hands flat on the table , so hard that the ends of her fingers went white . |
| 8 | She was standing quite still , fingering the ends of her scarf . |
| 9 | She walked towards the lanes of shops , the wind fluttering the ends of her scarf . |
| 10 | She always pronounced the ends of her words , particularly those ending in ‘ g ’ . |
| 11 | His wife , an enormous woman in black , wailed and wrung out the ends of her skirt . |
| 12 | The fringed ends of her serape flying behind her , Ashley set briskly off past the motorhomes . |
| 13 | Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait . |
| 14 | Across the floor they came , edgy as hell but mortally excited , the nerves spiralling to the ends of their hair , each with her special details of shape and shadow , of torque and thrust . |
| 15 | For many people , ‘ human ’ and ‘ computation ’ come from opposite ends of their thesaurus . |
| 16 | The rear ends of their wings are elongated into long tendrils which resemble antennae and are , indeed , more conspicuous than the insect 's real antennae . |
| 17 | But the parties are also deeply influenced by the two ends of their operations , the one end being in the constituencies and the other in the Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet . |
| 18 | As a result , Germany is now considering legislation to compel car makers to take back and recycle vehicles at the ends of their lives , and its car makers are busily designing cars that can rapidly be dismantled . |
| 19 | Klaus Töpfer , the federal environment minister , has capitalised on his country 's environmental angst by devising a bold principle : that companies should have a legal obligation to take back — and to recycle — their products at the ends of their lives . |
| 20 | They also RUB the blunt ends of their cues against the parts that other dears do n't reach . |
| 21 | The prevalence of conflict in Gascony during this period reflects the vulnerability of minors to the political ends of their elders . |
| 22 | Some butterflies and moths have evolved false heads at the rear ends of their bodies , deflecting the attacks of birds away from their vital organs . |
| 23 | There were far too many slack bowls from that department on Saturday which did nothing but put pressure on the back ends of their rinks . |
| 24 | Some are busily scribbling down every word she utters , others are watching her quizzically , chewing the ends of their ballpoints , and those who looked bored at the outset are now staring vacantly out of the window or diligently chiselling their initials into the lecture-room furniture . |
| 25 | Both Jersey and Guernsey have ILS on both ends of their east-west runways , but Alderney only boasts an NDB , giving real-life demonstrations of coastal refraction . |
| 26 | His head hissed as the burning ends of his rat-tails went out . |
| 27 | He looked at his eyes and his ears and his teeth and his droppings and the ends of his claws and he inquired what he had been eating . |
| 28 | The elder of the body slaves gathered the braided ends of his master 's hair and bound them together with gold wire . |
| 29 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't want to go anywhere , ’ she murmured , sucking the ends of his fingers under the covers . |