Example sentences of "end [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline .
2 Susan 's eyes grew wide as Maggie told her about her ride on the telegraph pole , ending up at The Haven where she 'd been rescued by Bryce .
3 On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid .
4 Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace .
5 Die Grünen has been described by Petra Kelly as an ‘ anti-party party ’ , and getting into bed with them might be a guarantee of ending up on the floor .
6 FLOORS Wherever there is water or liquid , there is the danger of it ending up on the floor and causing you to slip .
7 We try to tackle the problem at all ends — to prevent young people ending up on the streets , to provide a roof over their heads , and to search for long-term solutions .
8 As a result , they feel themselves not only homeless but in a total existential crisis — ending up on the dossers circuit removes the last residues of respectability .
9 So , you 'll be ending up on the breadline worse than ever
10 I know you see which side my fence is buttered , and if I can bring to football the organisational skills that have made me such a big fish in retailing , then Athletico Whaddon need have no fear of ending up on the slab .
11 There is quite a history of individual countries backing a particular group , taking a particular line , and it all ending up on the battlefield .
12 TEENAGE girls are ending up with the bones of old women because of eating disorders which are producing ‘ horrifying results ’ , a doctor said yesterday .
13 Quite often she 'd make a grab , I 'd move with her and there would be a tug'o'war , ending up with the food breaking or her giving up .
14 Various high-ranking people , ending up with the governor himself , turned up , asking them to go to bed , but they would n't go .
15 A happier fate than ending up in the cooking pot at Berkeley Castle .
16 With a sharp pang of defeat , he noticed Benny dive headlong through the weakened window , ending up in the water below with a huge splash .
17 Connections of Laurel Queen , Walking The Plank and Buzzards Bellbuoy the trio to sneak in at the bottom of the race will have to send them a percentage if ending up in the money .
18 Or the black Broadway actor who always fears ending up in the gutter .
19 ‘ I 'm not surprised ! ’ the other girl agreed sympathetically , having just heard from Laura the full story of her traumatic outing , which had culminated in her being arrested and ending up in the New York police station .
20 Beautiful cover showing a window opening into the past for this time travel tale about an Oxford student stepping back into the Middle Ages to finish her thesis and ending up in the middle of the plague .
21 While a gravel tidy with too fine a mesh will soon block , one with too large a mesh can see the fry ending up in the gravel bed below and the parents trying to get at them .
22 So should not the law be changed immediately to prevent the likes of Dr Cox ending up in the dock ?
23 As we entered the kitchen Pat looked up at the roof and the large gaping hole caused by a shell that had passed through two floors then smashed through the kitchen door , ending up in the garden .
24 Wind the bobbin with 24-turns of 18s.w.g. enamelled wire , keeping it neatly in layers ( there are about 1½ layers involved ) and bring out the wire ends down through the bobbin slots in the positions shown in Fig. 8 .
25 Even in an age of permissiveness not every boy — girl encounter ends up between the sheets .
26 ends up on the pavement .
27 The result of this obligation , under conditions of the system as a whole being under liquid , is that the shortage ends up with the discount houses , either with all of them , or with individual houses .
28 In both ways , the shortage ends up with the discount houses .
29 As described , the shortage essentially ends up with the discount houses .
30 This frequently ends up with the state attempting to protect the environment from the majority of the people who use it .
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