Example sentences of "[noun] from the corner [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The steady trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth was dripping from his chin onto his coat front . |
| 2 | He stood looking at Fael-Inis from the corners of his eyes , like a trapped hare . |
| 3 | She could see Klift 's body from the corner of her eye . |
| 4 | ‘ Let's make movies , huh ? ’ he said in English , and gave Miranda a smile from the corner of his mouth as he steered the actor away . |
| 5 | Grabbing the pile of cloth money-bags from the corner of the desk , he turned them upside down one by one . |
| 6 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ said Hussey , bent reverently double , and eyeing his widowed kinswoman from the corner of one eye , ‘ if your Grace will but hear me … ’ |
| 7 | But Mr Watson said that Mr Ross saw the briefcase from the corner of his eye and did not see Mr Garvey . |
| 8 | Our plate shows — originally back to front , as is characteristic of the process , but corrected here — a vista of Whitehall from the corner of Trafalgar Square . |
| 9 | She heard muffled groans from the corner of the room by the television . |
| 10 | He turned round , then turned back , looked once more round the room , then shook his head quickly and went to the door , taking his stick from the corner by the washing machine on his way out . |
| 11 | Marshall , after two months of misery and just one goal since his restoration to the front line , nabbed the second with a perfect lob over Bryan Gunn from the corner of the penalty area . |
| 12 | That first droop from the corner of the eyes , the fading blue , the dry fold of skin , the first crêping of the neck which would show how transitory it was , this over-prized perfection . |
| 13 | Very apologetically , she moved a dog from the corner of the sofa nearest to Aunt Tossie and reached for her cup and saucer . |
| 14 | As he looked me up and down I examined him in turn from the corner of my eye . |
| 15 | He spat blood , and a thin trickle painted a red line from the corner of his mouth to his jawline , whence it dripped onto his coat lapel . |
| 16 | With her little finger she flicked melted lipstick from the corners of her mouth , then dabbed at her nose and cheeks with a small powder-puff . |
| 17 | Behind me his body began to beat against the stern of the boat , and as I turned toward him I saw Rachel from the corner of my eye begin to clamber up from her seat and I called out to her to stay sitting and not to stand but she laughed lightly and tossed back her head and I felt Casey behind me clambering into the boat . |
| 18 | With the mass media now part of everyday life and with arguments about bias and balance commonplace , the modern British subject is not likely to succumb to some Saddam sucker punch thrown by the third party from the corner of the living room . |