Example sentences of "[prep] one corner [coord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found , and searched , a by-now passengerless train and eventually located a luggage van containing an enormous , hairy , and morose dog in one corner and a small morose guard in the other . |
| 2 | The residents ' lounge has chintz-covered armchairs and toning linen curtains , embossed wallpaper overpainted with cream distemper , traditional glass-topped coffee tables , a Victorian writing desk in one corner and a large colour TV set in the opposite corner . |
| 3 | They left the goose in the dairy and went back along the passage and through a swing door with baize on one side into a wide , dark hall where a grandfather clock ticked in one corner and a small oil lamp threw shadows . |
| 4 | Where you can see a little red light , neon , going in one corner and a reflecting light in the opposite corner . |
| 5 | The place was almost empty except for an old man in one corner and a boy and a girl eating chicken and chips two booths away . |
| 6 | Books dealing mainly with science and the occult lined the walls , bits of engineering projects littered the table , his ultra-feminine dresses hung in one corner and the printing press of the transsexual/transvestite magazine he edited was in the other corner . |
| 7 | A fax machine lurked in one corner and the two telephones on the desk were studded with a variety of buttons indicative of modern efficiency . |
| 8 | The room was empty save for a pile of cushions and blankets in one corner and an enormous television set on a stool in the middle of the earthen floor . |