Example sentences of "to the [noun sg] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Peter Hickton was finally persuaded to stop for the day , at about seven , Charles Paris walked with the author to the pub round the corner . |
| 2 | Anyway , with Mum holding my hand , a shopping-bag in her other hand , I was led down South Portland Street and along Norfolk Street , to the school at the corner of Oxford Street and Buchan Street , Gorbals Primary . |
| 3 | When she could stand it no longer , she flung back the bedclothes and crossed to the washbasin in the corner of the room , splashing her face with cold water . |
| 4 | He went to the bar in the corner of the lounge and he poured us both a stiff whisky and soda . |
| 5 | Examples of these tasks include , ‘ chatting for two minutes to the man in the corner shop ’ , ‘ inviting the neighbour around for a drink ’ , ‘ enrolling in an evening class ’ , ‘ joining a club or society ’ , ‘ telephoning an old friend ’ , etc . |
| 6 | Residents were worried that adaptations to the building at the corner of Bow Street and Princes Road meant it was to be used as a morgue . |
| 7 | They were on the point of going under the Archway of Wakefield when Athelstan caught sight of the great brown bear chained to the wall in the corner near Bell Tower . |
| 8 | At least a third of the route takes the steep open wall to the left of the corner and the climb as a whole demands a wide range of climbing technique . |
| 9 | ‘ You usually go to the shop on the corner after school , for some chewing gum … ’ |
| 10 | It was one of the rituals of this lonely spinster 's life that every day she would take her chihuahua to the shop on the corner and back again . |
| 11 | Now Rhoda had stopped work she would go down to the newsagent on the corner for her cigarettes at the same time every morning , each day a little lighter on her feet . |
| 12 | " I went to the box at the corner . |
| 13 | ‘ You must take this form to the office round the corner . ’ |
| 14 | You go to the place round the corner . |
| 15 | He finished mopping then carried the towel to the basin in the corner and dropped it in . |