Example sentences of "[noun] be round the corner " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Month after month , as the British economy has languished in a deep and damaging recession , the only reaction from a puzzled and beleaguered Government is the claim that it is not as bad as it seems and that good times are round the corner . |
| 2 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 3 | The warren is round the corner of the wood opposite . " |
| 4 | ‘ This damning report blows away the the last remaining pretence that recovery is round the corner , ’ Labour industry spokesman Robin Cook said last night . |
| 5 | He said he 'd met Oliver in the florist 's round the corner on his way to the station . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's a chemist 's round the corner . ’ |
| 7 | The behind-the scenes image created is of Hislop swapping Fergie news in the Groucho Club , while Merton is round the corner in The Three Ferrets reflecting bluntly on the real tit-bits . |
| 8 | The shop was round the corner in Back Lane . |
| 9 | ‘ We talked ourselves into believing that those gaunt , tight-lipped men in caps and mufflers were round the corner and tailored our policy to match these imaginary conditions . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps the cathedral is round the corner and that is the Taj Mahal . ’ |
| 11 | You know a miracle will not happen but you find yourself behaving as if it might : we canvassed , those weeks before the election , with a heady feeling that success was round the corner . |
| 12 | The cinema was round the corner and |
| 13 | Texaco is round the corner . |