Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | A detailed examination of the linen , the small pillow with its corner tassels and broderie anglaise hem and the wrap-over sheet with similar trimmings , appear not to be bedclothes but an exceptionally superior coffin suite . |
| 2 | Marcelle , looking through the window from her corner seat , wrinkled her sensitive nose at the grimy roofs and façades of houses and buildings , the train steaming towards Clapham at a steady speed . |
| 3 | The memory of it revitalised a bonny smile but he was aware that there had been some anxiety in his corner . |
| 4 | Nor to that of Wally Swift Jun. whose father , a former British welterweight and middleweight boxing champion , would meticulously plan and implement training programmes at Birmingham City ABC and insist on taking charge of his corner in competitions . |
| 5 | He figures Sun only has price in its corner and claimed Apollo users , the last of the die-hard zealots opposed to Sun on religious grounds , wo n't be budged simply on price . |
| 6 | You 've got to have your foot flat on the floor before you corner . |
| 7 | Donald Cummins , a plump registrar in geriatrics , entered the room noisily and thundered his way to their corner . |
| 8 | There was a river running through it , and a church with a weathercock on its steeple , and a cobbled square with a tall old house at its corner — and suddenly Carol recognised the place . |