Example sentences of "were at the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds at 8.25% and that on three-month bills at 6.6% , long- and short-term interest rates are now lower than they were at the end of the two previous deep recessions , in 1981 and 1973 . |
| 2 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 3 | We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing . |
| 4 | She would see out the contract if they would have her , and then consider how things were at the end of it . |
| 5 | Although incomes in the 1980s were substantially higher in real terms than they were at the end of the 1950s , there has been no sustained decrease in inequality ; in fact , as we saw in chapter 5 ( figure 5.5 ) , income inequality in Britain increased sharply after 1976 . |
| 6 | They are thus almost as dear as they were at the end of 1989 , when the p/e ratio peaked at 18 before a nearly successful coup sank the stockmarket and all who sailed in her . |
| 7 | Remember , if you get a mild reaction , you will need to proceed with caution until you can tell whether that food or food group is causing you to feel less well or less able to lose weight than you were at the end of Stage I. |
| 8 | Well David said that we were at the end , everyone believed that they were that the time has come that we was at the end of the world . |
| 9 | But they were at the end of their shift . |
| 10 | The two slaves moved jerkily , as if they were at the ends of strings . |