Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] around the corner " in BNC.
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1 | Nobody but a fool who believes his luck lies around the corner could be similarly influenced by the likes of Frankie . |
2 | She had sprinted over the drive and was halfway across the stone-flagged terrace when a figure appeared around the corner of the house . |
3 | She shivered as a stray gust of wind whistled around the corner of a side-street , averting her eyes from the shadows cast by the encroaching house frontages . |
4 | The shadows of a mouse projected upon the wall in such a way could make us believe a monster lurked around the corner . |
5 | The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him . |
6 | The only oddities were the ( apparently quite normal ) clouds of smoke exuded by the Marbore IIs on shut-down and the speed with which the fuel bowser zoomed around the corner to refill our tanks . |
7 | They heard the car start at the third try and roar jerkily up the track behind the boathouse , leaving a faint cloud of blue smoke drifting around the corner . |
8 | The Luggage hurtled around the corner , its several hundred knees moving like pistons . |
9 | She held her breath as the road widened slightly , and with a roar the Aston Martin shot forward , only just reaching the safety of the road ahead before a black saloon appeared around the corner . |
10 | In a matter of seconds , the aged bocor limped around the corner , and approached warily . |
11 | In this case , chose an appropriate combination of lines to finish with , so the design continues around the corner . |