Example sentences of "[noun sg] ended in " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government was plunged into fresh turmoil over the troubled Maastricht treaty last night after a successful parliamentary ambush by Labour ended in scenes of chaos and confusion in the House of Commons . |
| 2 | Russian participation in the Third Coalition ended in disaster at Austerlitz ( 1805 ) , but Alexander used the breathing-space afforded by the Treaty of Tilsit ( 1807 ) to good effect . |
| 3 | When the partnership ended in 1837 , Aspdin recommenced manufacture with his two sons , James and William , at a nearby site and took James into partnership three years later . |
| 4 | On another occasion he described how he had ‘ once spent several hours on a bicycle with a friend in a serious attempt to discover the real spot but the search ended in failure though tourists assure me positively that they found it without difficulty ’ . |
| 5 | A long exile ended in 1989 when England manager Geoff Cooke , no longer able to ignore Hill 's superb form for all-conquering Bath , brought him back for the game against Fiji at Twickenham . |
| 6 | His early lack of success as a poet ended in triumph as a novelist , polemicist and literary historian — careers he continued in triple tandem for the rest of his life , in Oxford and after 1954 in Cambridge . |
| 7 | Although the attempt ended in failure , he is not bitter and has continued to devote time to Scottish Institute affairs — unlike some of his other campaign colleagues . |
| 8 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 9 | But he had not guessed he would be and had postponed his visit till term ended in June . |
| 10 | Rodolfo Biazon to succeed Gen. Renato de Villa as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines when the latter 's three-year term ended in January 1991 . |
| 11 | Since colonial rule ended in 1959 the government has consistently adopted strong pro-business policies that have fostered rapid economic growth and infrastructural development . |
| 12 | A PENNILESS van driver 's master plan for murder ended in the slaughter and dismemberment of a retired bank official and his daughter — for the sake of stealing a car , an Old Bailey jury heard yesterday . |
| 13 | Roeg uses Mick Jagger as the rock star to confront the ambivalent images and grotesque fascinations that flared around The Rolling Stones when their '60s dream ended in death , despair and Altamont . |
| 14 | He always escaped because the dream ended in the last frame . |
| 15 | As the first Test ended in a tame draw , allegations were made about TV pictures showing India 's Kapil Dev fingering the seam . |
| 16 | The 1954 campaign ended in ignominy . |
| 17 | The Gallipoli campaign ended in dismal and costly failure , with withdrawal from the peninsula commencing on 19 December . |
| 18 | King Eardwulf [ q.v. ] of Northumbria attacked Mercia in 801 , probably for sheltering political refugees , and a long campaign ended in a peace agreement . |
| 19 | COLWYN BAY 'S BJ Welsh Knockout Cup campaign ended in disaster when unfancied Pontblyddyn sent them crashing out with a seven-wicket blasting . |
| 20 | THE STRIKE at Yarrow shipbuilders in Glasgow is set to enter its third week after pay talks between unions and management ended in deadlock yesterday . |
| 21 | RAILWAY workers last night looked likely to go ahead with their strike over possible job losses next Friday after exploratory talks between officials of the Rail , Maritime and Transport union and British Rail management ended in stalemate . |
| 22 | NEXT Friday 's planned 24-hour strike by railway workers looked likely to go ahead last night after exploratory talks between officials of the Rail , Maritime and Transport union and British Rail management ended in stalemate . |
| 23 | The Ninth Council ended in deadlock so a compromise had to be reached . |
| 24 | When the Council ended in Rome , the wider debate did not , though the pope , the curia and , indeed , many of the bishops , found this hard to comprehend . |
| 25 | Couple 's chat ended in blows |
| 26 | Calman 's attempt to intimidate the smaller boy ended in failure . |
| 27 | It was Wharton 's 14th win in 15 fights — the other bout ended in a draw — but he seemed to be allowing the fight to slip away from him through uncharacteristic casualness in the fifth and sixth rounds . |
| 28 | A TAXI ride home ended in violence when a man was attacked by two people with whom he shared the cab , a court heard . |
| 29 | I closed my eyes and listened to the cracks and smashes until one especially loud thump ended in a low buzz telephones do n't usually make ; then I put the phone down again , turned , looked upward , and set wearily off , back up the stairs . |
| 30 | By the 1990s the royal family spanned four generations , and the two princesses had acquired a husband each ( one marriage ended in divorce ) , six children , three children-in-law and half-a-dozen grandchildren . |