Example sentences of "[prep] the corner of his [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Rule of Life ? ’ asked Werewolf out of the corner of his beard .
2 ‘ Which one 's the conifer ? ’ he said out of the corner of his beard .
3 He must have sensed that I was looking at him , he suddenly glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes and , still cleaning the mess tin with his finger , he said quietly , ‘ Why are you staring at me like that , Piper ?
4 Huckleberry 's tongue was protruding out of the corner of his mouth and flapping in the breeze !
5 ‘ Shut up , ’ said Drew out of the corner of his mouth .
6 Nathan boomed and brayed so enthusiastically that his mother had to mop up a dribble of saliva that trickled out of the corner of his mouth .
7 The Fat Controller blew a plume of cigar smoke at it from out of the corner of his mouth ; the blue strands interleaved with her browner ones .
8 ‘ It 's a custom , ’ my master muttered out of the corner of his mouth .
9 ‘ Look blacker , fool , ’ he said out of the corner of his mouth as they stepped into the cold darkness of the outer ward , ‘ and drag your feet .
10 A thin red snake of blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth ; his chest was an open , bubbling mass of blood where he had received his death wound .
11 He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye , wondering if he dare ask for water to help wash the cake down .
12 Devon Loch had appeared to take off right by the water jump , which the runners on the second circuit of the Grand National by-pass as they approach the winning post : had he caught that fence out of the corner of his eye and tried to jump it ?
13 He sat on the edge of the bed with his usual cynical observations , but he kept looking out of the corner of his eye .
14 Out of the corner of his eye , he saw the girl coming towards him .
15 Once he was doing this during a speech by Jimmy Logan who caught sight of the scribbling out of the corner of his eye .
16 Our of the corner of his eye the Major could see Harrison smirking , and he felt his temper rising .
17 Out of the corner of his eye he could see Mr Chan trying to comfort Steve while Ho stood by his side , staring at the Monument in terrified fascination .
18 Out of the corner of his eye he saw a face appear in the corridor .
19 Out of the corner of his eye he saw some wirelesses in a shop window .
20 Out of the corner of his eye , Hank could see her stricken face .
21 Out of the corner of his eye , Markby saw Pearce , taking notes in the background , shift in his chair .
22 Out of the corner of his eye the Captain took in the man 's elegant , obviously expensive clothes , noted the perfume not quite smothered by cigar smoke , and remembered the remark about whether it was worthwhile going to bed .
23 He absently slid his programme nearer to her so that it touched him now , glancing at her out of the corner of his eye .
24 The mosaic occupied much of his consciousness so that he was only dimly aware — out of the corner of his eye , and mind 's eye — of Meh'Lindi , a flexible ebon statue of herself , yet still with an ivory face .
25 Slipping on his gloves , he saw out of the corner of his eye the sun rising above a belt of dark blue .
26 At the door he saw out of the corner of his eye the black limousine was still there .
27 Out of the corner of his eye , he saw a movement .
28 He was about to speak when he noticed a movement out of the corner of his eye .
29 The man clutched his stomach in agony then noticed the fallen Browning out of the corner of his eye .
30 ’ When still she made no move , he chuckled and made as if to put the document away again , pausing when he saw out of the corner of his eye that she was returning to the desk , albeit hesitantly .
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