Example sentences of "around the corner " in BNC.
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| 121 | But a new row was just around the corner . |
| 122 | In this imaginary development within Newtonian astronomy , it was never possible to be sure that a major success was not just around the corner . |
| 123 | And then , when I am safely around the corner , I stop laughing . |
| 124 | Around the corner , the small office which looks like a hole in the wall of a shady bookie and turns out to be something of an art gallery , is again amiably in flow . |
| 125 | ‘ Those two cunts around the corner . |
| 126 | And if it entailed a degree of sacrifice , there was always the prospect of better times , just around the corner . |
| 127 | The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him . |
| 128 | There was always something around the corner if you did n't lose your head . |
| 129 | They would be based in Union Quay barracks just around the corner ; that would be their home . |
| 130 | Peter and Phyllis ran along the line to tell the driver about the trees and rocks around the corner . |
| 131 | Without further ado , he slipped around the corner , and rushed towards the gangplank , ignoring the shots that zipped past . |
| 132 | Moments after he had passed around the corner , a section -f the wall near the roof glowed a fierce red and burst with a scattering of sparks and molten droplets . |
| 133 | In a matter of seconds , the aged bocor limped around the corner , and approached warily . |
| 134 | Computer technology is developing all the time , and there may be some great new gizmo just around the corner that you 'll want to use in your PC . |
| 135 | Eventually I made a new friend around the corner . |
| 136 | Even if you block the straight line between two points by putting a cut in the paper , the ink will get around the corner . |
| 137 | The situation today is very muddled , software is available for both the Apple Macintosh and the IBM PC and its compatibles but even more is just around the corner and it wo n't be until towards the end of the first quarter of next year that the market will have stabilised . |
| 138 | ‘ There 's a shower just off the bedroom through there , or there 's a bathroom around the corner . ’ |
| 139 | The brown canvas delivery sack was hidden around the corner on a stone shelf , several inches above the rotten humus that blocked the culvert . |
| 140 | At the next intersection he drew in against the left-hand wall , peering around the corner into the corridor to his left . |
| 141 | The ‘ interview room ’ door opened again and Sergeant Lawrence poked his head around the corner . |
| 142 | It had been in the air , certainly — around the corner , along with sex . |
| 143 | After Johnny disappeared from view around the corner of the house , Cassie wandered disconsolately indoors , realizing that she needed both the bathroom and something to drink.Although she had n't eaten since lunch time , she had no appetite and the thought of food nauseated her . |
| 144 | He believed that the government had lost credibility , first by denying that any recession ever existed , then by claiming it was only minor , then by claiming that though perhaps it was severe the recovery was just around the corner . |
| 145 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |
| 146 | A move across cultures for lunch at China Jazz , 29 Parkway , NW1 ( 01–482 3940 ) just around the corner from Camden Market , an ocean liner of a place with a cool Thirties feel ; all bright steel , pale wood and black granite , overseen by punky waiters in designer bow-ties . |
| 147 | In the meantime , the Alps as the ‘ playground of Europe ’ was only just around the corner . |
| 148 | Some say a new era of enlightenment is around the corner , some say that consciousness is quietly entering the mainstream , while others see a grim world of confusion and chaos ( not chaos theory but just plain chaos ) . |
| 149 | ‘ I felt very tense about it — I had a gut feeling there was something awful around the corner , ’ she says . |
| 150 | New premises , around the corner at the top end of Fulham Road , were acquired to serve as the outlet for adult clothes . |