Example sentences of "out [prep] [pron] corner " in BNC.

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1 She would stay there until Marion and her attendants left for the evening meal in the hall , then come out of her corner , stretch to ease the cramp in her legs , and check the baby again before slipping away out .
2 She managed to edge herself out of her corner , away from Ivan , back into the current .
3 Perhaps the Greeks are emerging from the long , mesmerising spell that history has cast upon them ; perhaps they are coming out of their corner .
4 He hated it especially now as he dragged it out of its corner in the garage , squeezed it between his Vauxhall Viva estate car and the twins ' tricycles , and rolled it on to the uneven surface in front of the garage doors .
5 Obviously there are no simple solutions to a difficult relationship with a demanding parent , but it can often be kept ticking over on a mixture of kindness and firmness and a refusal on your part to come out of your corner for a fight every time she chooses to ring the bell .
6 But trainer Francois Boutin came out of his corner in fighting mood .
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