Example sentences of "[vb past] to [art] end of " in BNC.
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1 | He opened his eyes , got up and moved to the end of Patrick 's bed . |
2 | When Benny moved to the end of the vestibule — striding boldly as if she belonged , hoping to attract less attention than a furtive visitor would — she was momentarily stunned at the sheer scale of what lay before her . |
3 | The carpets were deep and expensive , and they made no sound as they moved to the end of the hall . |
4 | He was delighted by the somewhat undeserved honour of the Chancellorship of the University , which was bestowed upon him in 1930 , and which he retained to the end of his life . |
5 | How did you feel as you came to the end of your working week yesterday afternoon ? |
6 | Came to the end of it , felt the mud below . |
7 | Fortunately the machine came to the end of its cycle at this point and she was able to continue in a more normal tone of voice . |
8 | But when she came to the end of them , and stood there trembling , she realised that if he remembered her he would certainly report her to Mr Carson . |
9 | Alice saw the musicians as she came to the end of the passage . |
10 | " And if you 'll undertake her education in addition , " said Andrew as he came to the end of his story , " I would be much obliged . |
11 | The party boat came to the end of its song , and the party people gave themselves a round of applause . |
12 | Soon as it came to the end of the quarter |
13 | Mm and what would happen if it came to the end of the quarter and you had so much money accumulated to pay on your Co book , for stuff that you 'd got over the quarter , and you just could n't pay it ? |
14 | So to get this You had to pay this , because when it came to the end of the quarter , you had to get your shopping out of that Cooperative , so that had to be paid . |
15 | But er they would maybe lay it by for two or three weeks and then forget for two or three weeks , and then when it came to the end of the quarter they were a whole lot of weeks behind , you know , they could n't pay it then . |
16 | She could n't recall stirring but when she came to the end of the journal and looked up , bemused and far away , not recognizing her surroundings for a while , the room was faintly glowing with fire and candlelight and the sky beyond the windows was inky blue . |
17 | It was as she came to the end of her enthusiastic little speech that she realised she was leaning halfway across his desk , so close that she could almost have counted his lashes and the tiny fine lines around the corners of his mouth . |
18 | As the two women were saying their goodbyes he came to the end of his task , switched off the motor-mower and headed with it towards the narrow gate at the side of the house . |
19 | ‘ Do I understand , ’ said Clarke when she came to the end of her story , ‘ that you had reason to believe your friend might have been the victim of a violent attack ? ’ |
20 | They came to the end of one set . |
21 | I came to the end of the bridge , where technically my territory stops , and stood still for a while , thinking , feeling , listening and looking and smelling . |
22 | This was the most precious moment , as he came to the end of his thrilling song , and his gentle but vibrant voice faded away on a note of infinitely passionate promise … |
23 | Ven enquired as they came to the end of the meal . |
24 | Yes you 're quite right there because part of the street , the pavement and hard standing in the gardens for the cars which was a very good idea , now there 's the city have done two thirds of that and then when they came to the end of the er cul-de- sac , |
25 | Then he strolled to the end of the byre and returned with a forkful of hay which he tossed expertly into the rack . |
26 | Moving slowly , with apparent idleness , she strolled to the end of the terrace , and into the shadows . |
27 | from it we cycled to the end of the road , a village called Å ; yes , just the one letter . |
28 | The man rattled off some instructions to Franco who retreated to the end of the bar and started hunting through the bottles on a particularly high shelf . |
29 | ‘ He was having a bath , and climbed to the end of the tub and fell through the window . |
30 | She turned to the end of the document and saw a signature S. KETTERING over the address of the villa , LA FELICITÀ , MONDANO-IN-CHIANTI , SIENA , ITALY . |