Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] corner " in BNC.
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| 31 | That style may have been the only way round a corner in the days of slippy tyres , dodgy suspension and flexible chassis but modern GP machines permit a faster , more aggressive route through the turn . |
| 32 | He went through to his room and picked up the bag he had packed earlier , then went to the small desk in the corner and took a tiny notebook from the drawer . |
| 33 | Robinson crossed to the small washbasin in the corner of the cell and spun the taps . |
| 34 | However , he looked rather bemused when Mr Bell started ad-libbing that if the Sunday Times wanted to pen a profile of the self-styled King of the Corner Shop then ‘ for God 's sake get a better picture of me than The Northern Echo is using . ’ |
| 35 | Nara was sent to get a bowl of milk from someone who had a cow that was yielding : Kalchu suggested maybe the ā gri or the um in the bottom house on the corner . |
| 36 | People gathered in groups outside the burger place ; others went to buy cigarettes from the Indian shop on the corner and then stood at the bus stop . |
| 37 | ‘ Go and speak to Saint Julien — the big bastard in the corner who looks as though he would kill his own grandmother for a couple of francs . |
| 38 | He took Ellie by her forearm , and marched her down the landing and the painted uncarpeted stairs into the living room , where he sat her in the big chair in the corner . |
| 39 | Ngune lay on the single mattress in the corner of his cell . |
| 40 | It struck Nutty that he had no time to take cars for joy-rides any longer , content to flake out in the thick straw in a corner of Firelight 's box after evenings of running and riding and swimming . |
| 41 | The correct approach to a corner in the Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 42 | Then winger Crawford Dobbin ran half the length of the pitch for the final score at the corner flag . |
| 43 | In March 1948 , Croydon Corporation had discussion with London Transport about plans for the widening of the main road at the corner of North End and Crown Hill , so that the tram track could be doubled at this last remaining section of single track on the main line . |
| 44 | With the mass media now part of everyday life and with arguments about bias and balance commonplace , the modern British subject is not likely to succumb to some Saddam sucker punch thrown by the third party from the corner of the living room . |
| 45 | They 're right se behind beside the Royal Bank on the corner . |
| 46 | she 's not , I mean the next door round the corner , like she 's on the corner and the house here , it 's been extended on the side , but it wo n't bring it anywhere near Pam 's extension |
| 47 | However , there is a range of content and styles from international research names to the local teacher round the corner in print for the first time , which continually enliven and interest the reader . |
| 48 | In this case the total of the amount received by the local authority must be spent on the provision of good X. In the case shown , the budget line now looks like 154 and the conditional constraint forces the local authority to a corner solution 5 . |
| 49 | Going to grammar school really made me isolated It was only a couple of miles away from where I lived but that 's a long way when you 're only 11 — years-old and all your mates from junior school had gone to the local comprehensive round the corner . |