Example sentences of "[noun] from the [adj] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | From here , along with many other tributaries from the north-eastern corner of the Ochil Hills , the waters thrust into the Earn and thence , between Rhynd and Newburgh , into the slower-moving waters of the Tay to merge and circulate , ever-so-slowly , in the world sea . |
| 2 | On the half hour John Drake 's diving header took Coyle 's crisp volley off the line with Collins beaten and Mark Donnelly had a shot scrambled to safety from the resultant corner . |
| 3 | Brundle , running sixth on lap 29 , attempted to pass Alesi , but the Frenchman sharply ‘ closed the door ’ on the downward spiral from the first corner , and both cars span off . |
| 4 | They got a nasty shock : real bush pilots had been attracted to the UK from the four corners of the earth to get these well-maintained examples , and the high prices they fetched reflected the great demand that still exists for these superb workhorses . |
| 5 | Scholars gathered wisdom and knowledge from the four corners of the world . |
| 6 | With her experience in social service in Britain fresh in her mind the new Territorial Commander took a particular interest in that sphere and was soon rallying support from the far corners of the earth . |
| 7 | If you 're gay you 're reviled , but Cube has always revealed the sick shit from the grubby corners of his mind , and you ca n't expect someone from the wasted landscape of black urban America to think like a white liberal . |
| 8 | Hundreds of funeral guests were beginning to filter in on foot from the outlying corners of the kingdom , bringing sacrificial fighting cocks , pigs and magnificently decked-out water-buffalo . |
| 9 | This village had been built solely for the duration of the festival , for the thousands of funeral guests who were expected to arrive on foot from the far corners of the kingdom . |
| 10 | People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home . |
| 11 | Blend and smudge the darker colours under the bottom lashes from the outer corner to the middle of the eye . |
| 12 | This gate must have been a conspicuous structure , since its footings project some 8 metres from the eastern corner of the temple . |
| 13 | For example , if the figure was a line diagram of a room with four windows set at different heights , the programme would ask me whether a line of sight from the far corner of the room would enable me to see a particular point outside the window nearest to me , a point that shifted on the screen at speed . |
| 14 | They range in size from the small corner shop ( like the one on Coronation Street ) to huge hypermarkets like Asda and Tesco . |
| 15 | Alternatively a Scarsten scraper can be used having first tapped away the cutter from the lower corner to avoid damage . |
| 16 | Indeed he was next to apologetic , declaring that levies from the furthest corners of the land were still on their way , and that the greater the army the better . |
| 17 | In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill . |
| 18 | McMinn had his best chance of the second half for Dungannon when a great shot from the right-hand corner of the box went narrowly wide . |
| 19 | The second rectangle , having simplified the specifying of the third , now has its smaller dimension revised to 0·5 cm from the highest corner . |
| 20 | Quakers had plenty of the early play but failed to create any clear chances from the six corners they forced in the opening period . |
| 21 | Quakers had plenty of the early play but failed to create any clear chances from the six corners they forced in the opening period . |
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