Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] [art] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A small cup , ’ the paladin said , eyeing with misgiving the black grease-encrusted cooking range that squatted in a corner like an enormous metal dragon . |
| 2 | Forcing herself , she worked for an hour or two on the great heap of stuff purloined from the skips that lay in a corner of the hall ; fitting a curtain here , laying a rug there . |
| 3 | Hot rumpy on the beach , with Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster inadvertently heralding the libidinous fury of the rock 'n' roll revolution that lay around the corner . |
| 4 | Even afterwards , when I was a teenager , I paid for my bad timing , coming just too early to enjoy the fun and freedom that waited round the corner . |
| 5 | He followed Martin to the drinks cabinet that stood in a corner of the hall . |
| 6 | Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was . |
| 7 | She had mastered Eddie 's cycle and came around the corner as though she were taking part in one of the bicycle races which had recently become such a popular spectator sport . |
| 8 | When it got dark I drove over and parked around the corner . |
| 9 | Proctor gathered the rebound and scored in the corner . |
| 10 | Berger watched him for a while , and then he also pulled up the collar of his greatcoat and turned into the corner . |
| 11 | He hesitated , then did the same and withdrew into a corner . |
| 12 | Now dressed in striped cotton with sensible shoes and a cardigan , she stepped into the sunshine and walked round the corner of the house . |
| 13 | He switched on his torch and stepped round the corner . |
| 14 | A massive , antiquated fan whirred and clattered in the corner of the office , turning on its metal stem , examining them one by one . |
| 15 | He took a deep breath , primed the fuse , and leapt around the corner , arm raised . |
| 16 | Five minutes after the restart Pepper broke from a maul on the 22-metre line and dashed to the corner to score . |
| 17 | They looked about them a bit hazily and then at the bleeding half-thing that had been the young boy and scuttled into a corner . |
| 18 | After a moment , she crept out of her room and looked round the corner of the landing , down the stairs . |
| 19 | I held up the light and looked in every corner of the room . |
| 20 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
| 21 | I got up and went to the corner of the parapet , from where I could see in three directions . |
| 22 | I waved goodbye and went round the corner to the wines and spirits . |
| 23 | On the next day he took Lane with him , together with a woman detective whose services he had borrowed , and went round the corner into Queen Charlotte 's Alley to visit Sarah Fleming . |
| 24 | I heard the word ‘ Engländer ’ and saw from the corner of my eye that they were looking at me . |
| 25 | He waved goodbye , saying thank you and disappeared around the corner . |
| 26 | The young woman cast one more despairing glance at us , shook her head and disappeared round the corner to answer her mother 's plea . |
| 27 | There did n't seem to be any sound coming from the bathroom , so I opened the door and fumbled round the corner to find the light cord . |
| 28 | Then she crept into the kitchen , stole an envelope and a stamp from the kitchen drawer , and ran to the corner to mail her letter before she could change her mind . |
| 29 | Cranston chewed his lip and glared into a corner where a huge rat gnawed at a bloody globule of fat glistening amongst the dirty rushes . |
| 30 | He walked through a narrow alley into the main street and stood on the corner by a butcher 's , looking up and down . |