Example sentences of "at the very tip " in BNC.
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1 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
2 | Dark pigments appear at the tip of the nose , around the edges of the ears , at the very tip of the tail and on the pads of the feet . |
3 | Then you have a bit of the petal free to get hold of right at the very tip . |
4 | The other end of the bridle has to be tied in a similar way at the rear of the spine , but not at the very tip . |
5 | Second , at the very tip of their abdomen they possess a hook-like structure which enables them to hold on to the shell . |
6 | He and his officer rode at the head of their squadron , and were thus at the very tip of the advancing French army . |