Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 2 | Andy Murdoch raced to the corner of his box to challenge , and was sweetly lobbed . |
| 3 | But Saracens hit back with 2 penalties and the only try of the game , an up and under ; Gary Owen from Rudling had Gloucester struggling and Martin Gregory raced into the corner to touch down . |
| 4 | And 14 minutes later , the cool Marwood foxed Wigan by switching the ball to the blindside where winger Paul Penrice evaded Martin Offiah to score in the corner . |
| 5 | Corbett leaned against the corner of the house , trying to stop the trembling in his legs . |
| 6 | Maisie sat in the corner of the kitchen with one chocolate bar in her mouth , another in her right hand , another in her lap and a fourth beside her on the draining board , in case anything should happen to the other three . |
| 7 | Beginning with Frank directing removal vans and other vehicles , with inevitable results , it soon sees the couple 's home of seconds earlier fall down as Frank disappears round the corner in the removal lorry . |
| 8 | And from a scrum , South African scrum-half Fanie du Toit broke on the blindside and sent left-wing David Spence racing to the corner to restore their lead . |
| 9 | Tom stopped at the corner where the shop stood and looked across at the Fire Station . |
| 10 | Tom stopped at the corner of the small road near the corset shop and glanced down at the tiny alleyway where the artist 's shop stood . |
| 11 | From the penalty spot , Rook drove into the corner for his second of the game and give his side a passage into the next round , a defeat that sees City 's interest in Cup games at an end for this season . |
| 12 | He heard the Rover roar around the corner , accelerate past , then squeal to a stop and whine back in reverse . |
| 13 | A flat male voice from the Midlands crawled round the corner of an open door behind her . |
| 14 | Vargas sat in the corner drinking coffee and reading a newspaper . |
| 15 | Mackey turned the screw in the second half with a drop goal , and then brilliant handling ended with Ellis kicking to the corner for Neil Kenyon to go over . |
| 16 | Back on the veranda , the chairs were still empty , but before they could sit down there came the sound of footsteps and Faye Hamilton came around the corner of the house . |
| 17 | Thérèse lurked in the corner , kneeling , hands clasped . |
| 18 | Kopyion stood in the corner of the room , away from the light . |
| 19 | Philpott gave her a reassuring smile , then he and Kolchinsky disappeared around the corner in search of the restaurant . |
| 20 | I bet myself he had a Skoda parked round the corner . |
| 21 | Leeds 's opening try in the 12th minute had also been a fine effort , spread over 70 yards and involving Schofield , Maskill and Izzard before Coleman went for the corner . |
| 22 | As they stood in the rain trying to hail a cab , Fräulein Müller and Lapointe disappeared round the corner of the gleaming facade of the Theater an der Wien . |
| 23 | ‘ You know me better than that George , ’ Sprague reproved from the corner of his mouth . |
| 24 | Freddie stood on the corner of the turning as lookout for Tommy Green the street bookmaker . |
| 25 | When she went to the dining-room she was disappointed to find only Matt sitting at the corner table , while of Silas there was no sign . |
| 26 | I sometimes used to help him out with double dates , but they always ended with both girls squabbling over yours truly and Stuart sulking in the corner and displaying all the charisma of a limpet . |
| 27 | He dropped his cigarette on the floor and stamped on it as Berger came round the corner , a rolled-up map under his arm . |
| 28 | I think he waited on Blackberry Hill in the dark until Sal and Alec came round the corner and then he bumped their car off the road and into space . |
| 29 | In a state of some exasperation , he was about to organize his car back to Pangbourne , when Felicity appeared round the corner of one of the make-up caravan . |
| 30 | Christmas clothes how you fill in the blanks , I saw something come sailing by , that 's quite good Little Jack Horner sat in the corner eating his |