This week it did seem that the army's patience was at last at an end.
"They will be angry that that period is now at an end, " he told the BBC.
This week it backed actions with words, formally declaring its supposedly permanent truce at an end.
Days of humming, hawing and after-youing were at an end, and the people had a champion.
Whatever the outcome of the inquiry, Mr Mandelson's political career is almost certainly at an end.
Finally, however, after almost a year of auditioning, Radcliffe was found and the search was at an end.
Speaking in a joint statement, they said the resolution meant legal proceedings were "at an end with immediate effect".
Trainer John McCloskey's term as Derry fitness trainer is also at an end.
The US is also less subject to nuclear power and has an awareness that their oil lobbies are at an end.
"The whole business is completely at an end, " she added, saying there was much work to be done ahead of the election.
And so, for the foreseeable future at least, a highly successful venture in taking England to the masses is at an end.
BBC: SPORT | Football | Internationals | End of the road for England
The Tottenham striker has agreed to play for the Eagles, who must now be hoping their striking worries are at an end.
With their cup adventure at an end, Ratcliffe said it was vital the Knights ensured the defeat did not affect their league form.
Her friendship with Mr Mandelson, who bestowed a parting kiss as he evicted her from Hillsborough, is known to be at an end.
Councillor Woodburn said she accepted talks about Cumbria were at an end, but that nuclear waste disposal in the county was at "limbo".
Elsewhere, elation at an end to the end to the ban was tempered by anger that it was imposed in the first place.
"I see a big difference between the president saying the war's at an end and whether or not you've won the war, " said Sen.
Ted Stevens' long and storied political career is at an end.
The Cunningham years are now sadly at an end, but the question still has to be answered as to how Saints will now fill such a massive hole?
White could have been forgiven for thinking his England career was at an end after admitting he had lost much of his pace after a back injury in 2001.
After ending up on the losing side against Leeds in the last three season-deciders at Old Trafford, Cunningham knows that an era is truly at an end at Knowsley Road.
Moreover, Sanderson Farms, which announced results for its fiscal third quarter at the end of August, reminded investors at that time that that struggle may not be at an end.
Earlier this month, renowned OS X and iOS hacker Charlie Miller explained why he believed that the latest Evasi0n jailbreak will be the last, and jailbreaking was at an end.
The nine ordinary members of the Polish central bank's monetary policy council can look back proudly on their work as they step down this month and next, their six-year terms at an end.
ECONOMIST: Poland's central-bank governor has been a huge success
His impact off the field was such that at an end of season fans forum the club's top brass talked of keeping him on in a mentoring role, but that will now not happen.
And it is a quite -- there have been a remarkable series of actions taken by the United States and the international community in reaction to this, and we are not at an end point.
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