Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a brief glance at the two boxes of apples which were stacked in the corner , he sat on the end of the bed with Willie and talked about the poem he was writing . |
| 2 | Benches and chairs had been placed around the walls , and biscuit mattresses , still folded , were stacked in the corner nearest the stone steps . |
| 3 | It was the night of the school disco and a group of parents were standing in the corner as the kids enjoyed themselves on the dance floor . |
| 4 | My three trunks were upended in the corner ready for Curtis to send on the train . |
| 5 | She turned to Sally , who was kneeling in the corner beside her bookcase , trying to make herself unobtrusive . |
| 6 | THE TV was blaring in the corner , displaying EastEnders in black and white . |
| 7 | The nervous little mare had seemed unaccountably quieter , and the straw was flattened in the corner . |
| 8 | When he got back into the kitchen the cat , finally courageous in its search for food , was sitting in the corner . |
| 9 | The father took a golf-club that was standing in the corner . |
| 10 | He turned to a tall woman , who was standing in the corner . |
| 11 | He was crouched in the corner by the big tiled kitchen range , his sleeves rolled up and his shirt and trousers covered in white ash . |
| 12 | Though she was huddled in the corner as far from him as she could get , the car was n't very big , and every time they went round a corner his thigh and shoulder pressed against hers . |
| 13 | One man was whimpering in the corner and two others were playing a bizarre version of dominoes , in which none of the numbers matched . |