Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [art] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short figure turned the corner and walked towards the mysterious door . |
| 2 | As the figure turned the corner from the stairhead passage into the corridor , Grant drove the shotgun butt hard into his midriff . |
| 3 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 4 | His essential force pervaded every corner of the high room , dominating it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mum lifted the corner of the curtain and peeped out to see who it was . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This evening , some disarrangement of the pale hair emphasised the corners . |
| 9 | A faint smile twisted the corners of his mouth . |
| 10 | A small , sad smile lifted the corners of Vi 's mouth . |
| 11 | Despite the turmoil within her a small ironic smile lifted the corners of her mouth . |
| 12 | Her anguish must have penetrated his obvious antagonism as , standing back , he gazed down at her , the prepossessing lines of his face softening slightly as a reluctant smile lifted the corners of his mouth . |
| 13 | A slow , amused smile lifted the corners of Luke 's mouth . |
| 14 | He looked tanned and supple , and a little smile lifted the corners of his mouth . |
| 15 | A smile lifted the corner of his mouth . |
| 16 | Franca imagined their intense relief as their taxi turned the corner . |
| 17 | ‘ What is this place officially ? ’ he asked as the buggy turned a corner into a vast garage . |
| 18 | His masterful manner caused goose-flesh of a most agreeable kind to affect her limbs , and a small , sweet smile tipped the corners of her lovely mouth . |
| 19 | A shadow of a smile touched the corners of his mouth , giving it an unexpectedly sensual line . |
| 20 | Instead Gencor and the rest scoured every corner of the South African economy for bargains . |
| 21 | A faint smile quirked the corners of his mouth . |
| 22 | The shirt was shrugged off to reveal a rock-hard male chest , copiously roughened with whorls of dark hair , and , as he caught her mesmerised expression , a suspicion of a grin tweaked the corners of a wide , well-shaped mouth , the top lip heavily indented , the bottom lip fuller . |
| 23 | I had barely time to recognise the shaven and scarred head emerging from the heap of Bibles and screwed-up paper , when a quick movement caught the corner of my eye . |
| 24 | He pushed out his shoulders , and was halfway through when the creature turned the corner , coming upon him with terrifying speed . |
| 25 | Athelstan turned to go back into his church just as a young pursuivant turned the corner of the alley , slipping and sliding on the ice as he bellowed the friar 's name . |
| 26 | The captain saw the corners of Joseph 's mouth tighten momentarily , then the American boy 's eyes widened and he pointed excitedly over the starboard rail . |
| 27 | One might have suspected them of being adverbs that simply lacked the ordinary morphological marking , as in : ( 12 ) Grandmother took the corner too fast However , one can conclusively show that this is not so by finding examples where the predicate qualifiers fill a position which can also be occupied by a true adverb ; here we observe that the effect is strikingly different . |
| 28 | The shadow filled the corners of the broad bright hallway . |
| 29 | We had walked but a short distance when the path rounded a corner and led towards an impressive canyon with no obvious way forward . |
| 30 | Tilly was relieved at the sight which greeted her as she entered the bedroom ; a large bright room where the sunlight found every corner , and the furniture was regal . |