Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woolley turned a corner and saw Colonel Hawthorn instructing Corporal Hemsley in the about-turn . |
| 2 | The wind , which played its part in unsettling the home defence , helped Ian McCall convert a corner kick into a goal before Motherwell substitute Jamie Dolan secured the points for Tommy McLean 's men to open a three-point gap between the teams . |
| 3 | From the kick-off , Bordon forced a corner which was cleared only as far as Duffin who volleyed in from 15 yards . |
| 4 | The chief superintendent had a corner office with a view down onto the place where tenders took on loads of aviation fuel from huge land-based tanks . |
| 5 | 14-year-old kids working a corner selling drugs |
| 6 | You 've got 14- , 15-year-old kids working a corner selling drugs . |
| 7 | Wright conceded a corner after tipping over Johnson 's header and Wark rose unmarked to head home the equaliser . |
| 8 | The answer is that gardens re-create a corner of paradise . |
| 9 | Forsyth forced a corner on the left , Beagrie swung the ball towards the near post , Adams nodded it on and Wise forced in England 's first goal at the far post . |
| 10 | The riders turned a corner and went down into the village . |
| 11 | Horsham soon found themselves a goal behind as Abingdon made a tremendous start ; Town won a corner on the left wing in the second minute and Keith Appleton killed the ball into the area . |
| 12 | Town won a corner on the left , there was cross to Campbell , who hit a superb volley against the far upright , and Steve Aries took the rebound well to score . |
| 13 | The car sped on and she stared , her gaze chained to the dark silhouette of the driver 's head until the BMW turned a corner and vanished from sight . |
| 14 | After Kingsley Black won a corner on the right , Magilton fired the ball over , Dowie flicked it on and McDonald powered in a header . |
| 15 | With time running out , another Bob Daynes surge down the right wing earned a corner for 'Mill , and it was Daynes himself who crossed the ball to pick out brother Peter who was unmarked in the penalty area to score with a thumping header into the roof of the net . |
| 16 | Cotton Lane had a corner shop which was a favourite eating-place of the rivermen and horse and motor drivers . |
| 17 | In the 50th minute Dungannon forced a corner on the left which was taken by Denver whose cross deceived the home defence to enter the net . |
| 18 | Philip lifted a corner of the net curtain in the window . |
| 19 | ‘ What is this place officially ? ’ he asked as the buggy turned a corner into a vast garage . |
| 20 | A long Ripley pass had forced Liverpool to concede a corner , and from |
| 21 | Delaney reached a corner , and paused . |
| 22 | Others used their empty houses to run a corner shop or to take in lodgers , sometimes both together . |
| 23 | Beyond this the visitor turns a corner to be presented with the length of the main hall running from a balloon basket and the Cody Biplane to the HS.125 executive jet and an air traffic controller 's desk . |
| 24 | West Ham got a corner and started to vaguely threaten for the first time . |
| 25 | I had neither , so I plodded stoically through the mire turning a corner eventually to see the summit of Ingleborough framed by the walls of the lane . |
| 26 | Joe indicated a corner pub , newly opened-up for the day 's business , and asked her if this would be okay . |
| 27 | Five minutes before the interval , Berazi nearly added a second when Dave Watson swung a corner to the far post and Berazi followed inches wide . |
| 28 | At that moment , as she faced to him , waiting for an answer , Guido swung the steering-wheel round to negotiate a corner , barely bothering to decelerate at all as he did so — so that Ronni suddenly found herself lurching towards the dashboard . |
| 29 | Swiss midfielder Alain Sutter was allowed to run hard at the Scottish rearguard , forcing Gough to concede a corner . |
| 30 | Ipswich were neat and tidy but did not trouble Arsenal 's goalkeeper David Seaman until the closing seconds of the half when Steve Palmer 's shot from 20 yards following a corner flashed just wide . |