Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] [adj] end " in BNC.

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1 For what good it was going to do me , I was fairly sure that these two were on the other end of the lead poisoning Connors and I had nearly contracted .
2 The one window in the kitchen and the two in the main room were on the same end wall .
3 ‘ Imagine how you would feel if you were on the receiving end of your criticism , ’ she suggests .
4 Both sets of players were on the receiving end of tackles that were near the knuckle . ’
5 The two forwards , bidding for places in the England side against Canada at Wembley on October 17 , were on the receiving end in their Courage League matches .
6 Beyond them are the also-rans , other disaffected characters , who were on the receiving end of tempting , exciting , ego-boosting telephone calls which were never subsequently followed up , from headhunters of whom they never heard anything again .
7 Out on the streets ; tenants who were on the receiving end of an early morning call from the bailiffs .
8 The Harvard dealer was on the sharp end of clients ' complaints .
9 Streatham Hill Theatre ( now a bingo hall ) was on the pre-West End circuit , and we had chorus girls staying with us for weeks at a time .
10 Sinatra was on the other end , furious .
11 ‘ I was on the other end of the question for most of my life as a British Telecom customer manager , and I always tried to see the view of the underdog , because there is just a chance he might be right , ’ he said .
12 Some years ago a presenter at a seminar on project management referred to the Taylor Woodrow logo and said he had often wondered who was on the other end of the rope .
13 ‘ It 's for you ! ’ he said smartly , and handed the phone over to her with such promptness that she knew whoever was on the other end was someone important .
14 The face was on the other end and it was looking really surprised .
15 anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor
16 Yeah he was on the other end of the
17 His shop was on the top end of Road , when it was Road .
18 It took his score for the season to 20 and , ironically , he was on the receiving end of an unsuccessful objection .
19 Then in 1987 Midland Bank got itself in such a mess that it was on the receiving end of a laughable offer from the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising empire .
20 But the other British hope , Port Talbot 's John Price , was on the receiving end of a similar scoreline from Brisbane 's Rob Parrella .
21 In 1983 , Wilpattu was on the receiving end of one of the most dramatic wildlife rescue operations in the history of conservation .
22 It was on this mission that Wilson , now flying his first as waist gunner , was on the receiving end of a flak fragment that pierced Mary Alice .
23 He was on the receiving end of a look that was as coldly disdainful as any she 'd ever seen .
24 Any ideas on that score swiftly evaporated , however , when his glance suddenly shot to hers , and she was on the receiving end of his piercing eyes as , ‘ According to this , you should have been here last Friday ! ’ he charged .
25 The late night , low level circuits made by the military jet over west Stockton and Eaglescliffe angered residents and Hartburn councillor Stephen Smailes , who was on the receiving end of their complaints .
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