Example sentences of "of [noun] ended in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its courtship of Mitel ended in tears last year when it sold its stake in the Canadian company at a loss of £120m ( $120m ) . |
| 2 | India 's 15-month partial economic blockade of Nepal ended in June after India agreed to restore trade and transit concessions withdrawn in March 1989 [ see pp. 37009 ; 37357 ] . |
| 3 | The flights of stairs ended in galleries with pine balustrades and all the heavy , badly carved dark-stained woodwork was pine , as it might be in a church . |
| 4 | Let me quote from last Saturday 's Oxford Mail : ’ A teenager whose night of joyriding ended in the death of a lorry driver , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for two years . |
| 5 | Its upper set of arms ended in claws which could tear armour open ; and its carapace was as tough as armour . |
| 6 | the proposition that as 40% of marriages ended in divorce the multiplier should be reduced was rejected . |