Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] the [adj] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Troughs should not be placed in the very corner of paddocks or yards . |
| 2 | In the seventy seventh minute another great save by Bolder ; Magilton took a free kick from the left , Steve Foster got his head to the ball , it appeared to be heading to the far corner of the net , but Bolder somehow dived away to his left and forced the ball away . |
| 3 | Something great may just be waiting around the next corner , you know ? |
| 4 | All traces of glue must be removed from the inside corner , and the corner angle must be checked to an accurate 90° . |
| 5 | If four dogs are stationed at the four corners of a square and released such that A chases B , while B chases C , C pursues D and D follows A , the path of each dog will describe an equiangular spiral . |
| 6 | Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them . |
| 7 | At filling stations they were banished to the far-flung corners of the forecourt , away from the well-lit protection of covered petrol pumps , to battle 32-tonners for a turn at the diesel pump . |
| 8 | The room was largely uninhabited : a group of women in jeans were laughing in the opposite corner , and two girls were in earnest conversation by the window , pink spiky heads leaning together . |
| 9 | A washroom and WC were included at the left corner of the new room . |
| 10 | A large new foodmarket was being built on the opposite corner , with the land around it open for parking . |
| 11 | But erm er and , and she said erm you know the little , we were talking about the little corner shop and how they used to keep open all hours . |
| 12 | Angle irons were fitted in the top corners of the windows and diagonal truss rods in the bulkheads . |
| 13 | You never know what 's hiding round the next corner in Brighton & Hove . |
| 14 | The Scottish Crown is reproduced in the four corners reflecting those used in the ceiling . |
| 15 | Stella 's main job was to sit in the prompt corner with the book . |
| 16 | ‘ As soon as it left my foot , it was going into the top corner , rising all the time . ’ |
| 17 | Steve Gaughan mustered his side 's first real effort after 35 minutes , a long range shot which Nigel Adkins saved at the foot of his post , but two minutes later they were almost level when a powerful Nick Cusack header from an Andy Toman cross was going into the bottom corner until Adkins somehow pushed the ball away . |
| 18 | Falconer 's header from a Hendrie cross was going towards the top corner until Schmeichel flung himself across goal . |
| 19 | When it was pointing at the far corner of the floor , it emitted a stream of high-pitched bleeps . |
| 20 | A theatrical poster , protected by glass , was displayed in the far corner of the room . |
| 21 | She wanted to drop off the face of the earth , then she wanted him to drop off the face of the earth , but , since neither was a possibility , all she wanted to do was to retreat to the darkest corner of the house , and lick her wounds . |
| 22 | The outer door was set into the lower corner of the left-hand wall . |
| 23 | The Forest was restricted to the south-western corner of the county , and these limits remained until the final disappearance of the Forest in the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | Nathan was seated in the opposite corner , one hand easy on the wheel as he helped himself from the plate . |
| 25 | Wang Sau-leyan was sitting in the far corner of the room , turning the gift the Ping Tiao had given him in his hands , studying it . |
| 26 | The owner of the voice , an aggressive youth with a cigarette stuck behind one ear , was sitting in the opposite corner , very much at his ease . |
| 27 | He was standing in the far corner , talking to some men , and she was able to view him unobserved for a few moments . |
| 28 | Tony Myler made the initial breakthrough , then Joe Grima 's surge was finished in the left corner by Paul Hulme . |
| 29 | Grainne stood very still , although she did not close her eyes , for to do so in here , with a creature , a something that was watching from the shadowy corners and grinning and copying her every move , was not to be thought of . |