Example sentences of "it [modal v] end [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would n't be worth doing , if there was n't a chance that it might end in tears . |
| 2 | It 'll end in tears . |
| 3 | ‘ It 'll end in tears , ’ said Nan , and it did , but that was her fault as much as anyone 's . |
| 4 | Mind you , it 'll end in tears . ’ |
| 5 | IT 'LL END IN TEARS |
| 6 | ‘ It 'll end in tears . |
| 7 | Whether it 's you or one of your kith and kin who 's been too clever for their own good you can bet your bottom dollar it 'll end in tears . |
| 8 | So that the meeting and the usual Saturday-night social that was to follow it could end before curfew , proceedings had been due to commence at six but , even so , no one really expected a punctual start . |
| 9 | Thousands of people will be on the water this bank holiday weekend — but for some it could end in tragedy . |
| 10 | If there is an option for early redemption , the term should be taken to end when it would end on exercise of the option , unless there is no genuine commercial possibility that the option will be exercised . |
| 11 | It would end on Sept 20 , five days later than this season . |
| 12 | And Mrs Thatcher 's former economic adviser Professor Sir Alan Walters said : ‘ I said it would end in tears . |
| 13 | The earlier the better ; it would end in tears . |
| 14 | ‘ I always said , right from the start — and you 'll bear me out , Dudley — I always said it would end in tears . ’ |
| 15 | How can I forget the day when , playing at hunch-kuddy-hunch ( or some silly antics ) , when the object was to jump on someone 's back and get a free ride along the street , it would end in pain and great discomfort for me ? |
| 16 | Hugo Gurdon , our South-East Asia Correspondent , sets out the perks and pitfalls of a post that has only one certain outcome — it will end at midnight on June 30 , 1997 |
| 17 | So then I checked it out with my common sense which said , ‘ Stay away , it will end in tears . ’ |
| 18 | We know it will end in tears , but Peter O'Toole and Tara Fitzgerald simply sizzle while they keep their faltering affair alive in OUR SONG ( Apollo Theatre ) , Keith Waterhouse 's searing study of forbidden modern romance . |
| 19 | It can end with agitation , anger , hostile action , even the termination of otherwise long-cherished human bonds of friendship and marriage . |
| 20 | It can end in silence , this being considered preferable to choosing an incorrect word or phrase , and this is clearly nonsense . |