Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're not very successful as a story-teller , ’ the bachelor said suddenly from his corner . |
| 2 | She gulped down the Martini offered to her and sat down on the sofa by Penelope , who edged away into her corner , recognising in Robina Fairfax 's shapeless grey woollen dress and strings of painted wooden beads the kind of woman she sometimes met at her landlady 's ‘ evenings ’ . |
| 3 | Moving round the table , I jabbed myself painfully on its corner , and burst into tears . |
| 4 | I stand rock still in my corner . |
| 5 | Technical advice from fellow Lancastrian John Spencer helped to land last year 's title and he is again in his corner . |
| 6 | ‘ You were certain enough last Saturday afternoon when you put the boot in , ’ said Pascoe casually from his corner . |
| 7 | When she went out , Matthew , who was sitting quietly in his corner , whispered to Anne , ‘ Keep a little imagination , Anne , not too much , of course , just a little . ’ |