Example sentences of "[art] [adj] corner of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was marred by a puckered scar which had destroyed his cheek , beginning just above the right-hand corner of his mouth , but , fortunately for him , narrowly missed his eye to disappear into his hair , twisting and distorting his whole face . |
| 2 | A small conscientious smile lifted the left-hand corner of her dry lips . |
| 3 | Slorne was huddled silently in the top corner of her cage looking at the sky . |
| 4 | As she said it , she stared fixedly at the shredded corner of her notepad and wished vainly , but with all her heart , that it were true . |
| 5 | Inching his way to the very corner of his protecting doorway , he tossed the jacket out towards the car , then moved out behind it . |
| 6 | Yet I can still detect the presence of a large lorry or bus out of the extreme corner of my eye . |
| 7 | One moment she was quiet in the corner of the cage and the next she was flying across to the front corner of her cage , frantic with some purpose the bars and wire mesh would never allow her to achieve . |
| 8 | Slorne would emerge from her retreat each dawn to take stance in a high corner of her cage , the same place she had been when the Men took Minch away . |
| 9 | Another restless night followed , and she determinedly settled down to work again the next morning , concentrating hard on the illustrations so that not even a tiny corner of her mind was free to think about Julius . |
| 10 | I felt guilty for challenging his motives and , even though a tiny corner of my mind was hearing an imaginary Ellen scoff at my naïvety , I believed the senator 's sudden and passionate sincerity . |
| 11 | I cried on reading that , quietly , in a dark corner of our hall . |
| 12 | And besides , there was a robust corner of her mind that refused to believe what was happening . |
| 13 | A small corner of my brain ached to send the message : Hand rise up and smash the soft , repulsive body away … but … |
| 14 | Not wanting to offend , I gave them a try and ended up almost throwing the box away , but instead I put them aside in a small corner of my studio . |
| 15 | I shall be no trouble , all I ask is a quiet corner of your warm room … ’ |