Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun] in the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are buried in paupers ’ graves beneath the old elm tree in the corner of the churchyard . |
| 2 | His large oak chair in the corner was sacred , and the words that he uttered from that privileged seat were truly spoken ex cathedra . |
| 3 | which is what I , I , in the I had Eric Bristow and Maureen one night , and , I mean , it was just little dart board in the corner , but what I did was , I had a big screen like that and I just got student television service just to film it live and just throw it straight back up onto the big |
| 4 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 5 | The ancient grandfather clock in the corner chimed ten times . |
| 6 | A shallow stone sink in the corner where Rose unbuttoned the front of her dress to wash herself . |
| 7 | There was a full drinks cupboard in the corner . |
| 8 | From the early hours of the morning the unfortunate mali could be seen labouring away , pouring with sweat — despite the heat he still insisted in wearing his thick serge uniform — as he constructed a sort of miniature Mount Fuji in the corner of the front lawn . |
| 9 | ‘ Quits , ’ she said cheerfully , and carried the copper kettle to the brass tap let into the front of the water tank which sat in the big iron stove alongside the kitchen fire , and ran the hot water into it before she set it not on the fire , but on a small gas ring in the corner , lighting the gas with a match from a box of Swan Vestas . |
| 10 | Roping up , we moved together for 200 to 300 feet to the foot of the first big ice pitch in the corner system . |
| 11 | After a few touch-and-goes I was able to clean-up slickly : throttles carefully forward a couple of inches at main-wheel touch ( no automatic fuel control below 16,000 rpm ) , hold the nose-wheel an inch or two off the tarmac and retract the airbrakes ( thumb switch up for speed-up ) , a bit more throttle , flaps to fifteen ( toggle switch on side console forward — do n't even contemplate touching that too-obtrusive up-and-down flap-shaped undercarriage selector in the corner of you eye on the panel ahead ) , more power , the roar deepens with a steady push from behind , glance at the ASI , full throttle , speed building through ninety , rotate , positive climb , gear up , speed 120 , flaps up speed 170 , crank on the bank and we are downwind again . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , there 's the lav and the 'andbasin that 's on the landin' , ’ said Mrs Beavis , ‘ but you got your own gas ring in the corner there . |
| 13 | Then , when the rice and meat were ready , Mina fetched some pots of river-water from the big copper container in the corner and everyone washed their hands where they were sitting round the fire . |
| 14 | Taking up the big garden fork in the corner , she went straight out again . |
| 15 | A little of the festive warmth seemed to die out of the air as they took their places around the low coffee table in the corner of the great hangar . |