Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the receiving " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legal aid was provided for more than 337,000 people last year , including many who found themselves on the receiving end of a court action . |
| 2 | Willpower often works — although it did not for Bailey McMahon , who found themselves on the receiving end of action by the Irish authorities . |
| 3 | Yet another court case would loom from this situation although , for once , it was The Smiths who found themselves in the receiving end . |
| 4 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 5 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |