Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] a corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | – I dare say that when I strip the tank down in the future I 'll find a mixed colony lurking somewhere in a corner ! |
| 2 | Glancing about the big , lofty room , he saw an elderly merchant snoring gently in a corner , hands folded over his well-rounded belly . |
| 3 | Annette Chevallier 's recent show of paintings occupied one of the rooms in the gallery spilling out into a corner of the Victorian paintings , while opposite was a touring exhibition of European ceramics . |
| 4 | The visitors took an early lead , but Haslemere quickly struck back , Terry Powell heading home from a corner . |
| 5 | The Hibs defence , moving out after a corner kick , left Robertson completely clear on the left . |
| 6 | I mean , if you 're sitting in a pub at night and some guys are showing off in a corner going ‘ Hey , what do you do , dude ’ and you go ‘ Well , I 'm a bobsleigher , actually ’ it tends to shut people up I should imagine , does n't it ? |
| 7 | There she was , sitting forlornly in a corner and , unlike all the other dogs , making no noise , just gazing at the floor in a philosophical way . |
| 8 | After one outbreak of shoving and stage-diving they even say , with tongues steadfastly in their cheeks : ‘ Be cool , the British press are here tonight ’ ( no doubt having spotted the slowly melting figure of Sirrs , trickling away into a corner ) . |
| 9 | A detective constable was working away in a corner . |
| 10 | Another right on the jaw had Herol collapsing back in a corner . |