Example sentences of "[modal v] end up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a similar US-style deal , commissions might be only 0.325 per cent but most of that should end up with the banks . |
| 2 | The maternal words ‘ If you do n't study hard , you 'll end up on the check-out counter at Tesco 's ’ had had , if not the intended effect , the result of causing Camille and her friends to look down on shop assistants , bank clerks and bus drivers : for more recondite reasons of their own they also held in contempt estate and travel agents and people who worked in advertising . |
| 3 | There 's plenty of speculation as to where they 'll end up after the auction . |
| 4 | It does n't matter which way we go , we 'll end up in the centre . ’ |
| 5 | You 'll end up in the gutter . |
| 6 | If I plead guilty to that , I thought , I 'll end up in the nick for the rest of my life . |
| 7 | Otherwise you 'll end up in the Tower , not writing leaflets . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No , they 'll end up in the pawnshop , ’ I sobbed . |
| 9 | He pointed out the sloping white stripes on the walls , whose incline indicated the nearest of the niches providing protection for plate-layers who otherwise might end up under the wheels of one of the expresses which thundered over these rails , bound for famous foreign cities . |
| 10 | On the other hand I was afraid that if I made the driver sound too important he might end up under the wheel of a bus instead of behind one . |
| 11 | I might be starting at Crewe or Rochdale , but I might end up at the top . ’ |
| 12 | If there 's insufficient space for the army of fans , many of them might end up on the beaches , which the Italian police have expressly forbidden . |
| 13 | I would expect to see the lower figures resulting in as indeed they themselves imply , lower migration movements to North Yorkshire and indeed I think the figures from er might end up by the end of the period as net outward movement from North Yorkshire to be achieved , given the level of commitments we have up front . |
| 14 | Otherwise they might end up in the sea , which neither of them wanted . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , puppies in particular may rush out through the door in this situation , often ignoring the visitor , and could end up on the road . |
| 16 | The top reporters may not be able to spare the time and you could end up with the story being written by someone rather less familiar with the subject , whereas a quick telephone call or fax could mean that the story gets to the person you want . |
| 17 | The new ruck-maul law , rather than resulting in quicker and cleaner ball , could end up with the sort of pile-up seen here when New South Wales took on Fiji in the recent Super Six Series as defending players desperately try to stop the ball coming out of the rucks or mauls . |
| 18 | In the end , as I said , with that kind of selection cycle going , you 'd end up with the situation where all males had the , had that er had that trait of oedipal behaviour . |
| 19 | ‘ I never thought I 'd end up outside the ground propositioning people , ’ he said . |
| 20 | If you went all the way across the Lake of Dreams you 'd end up in the Lake of Death . |
| 21 | Wanted on drug charges , he may end up at the centre of an extraordinary trial in Miami . |
| 22 | Remember , before you approach the council , that they may be more than interested in the quantities of water necessary to run your ponds … you may end up with the officials knocking at your door . |
| 23 | You may end up in the red , but as long as it 's not by too much , you 're less likely to have rows about it . ’ |
| 24 | Without this control the world would be in madness and we would end up with the laws of the jungle , where the strongest wins . |
| 25 | Since there was no picture with June 's letter I was not aware that I would end up with the cable I was looking for . |
| 26 | To add to the stigma of the wicked stage , the men also feared that their daughters would end up on the streets of Paris . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , all the light would end up on the floor ! |
| 28 | He added : ‘ I knew this would end up in the papers sooner or later . ’ |
| 29 | When a group of anti-embargo Americans organised a flotilla of 13 boats carrying aid to church organisations in Cuba from the Florida Keys on April 24th , right-wing groups were convinced that the stuff would end up in the hands of Mr Castro and the armed forces . |
| 30 | The bottles would therefore go back to the company , which would only pay one deposit on each bottle but the deposit would end up in the hands , not of the purchasers of the soft drinks , but of the defendants . |