Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] around [art] corner " in BNC.

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1 She had sprinted over the drive and was halfway across the stone-flagged terrace when a figure appeared around the corner of the house .
2 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 .
3 The shadows of a mouse projected upon the wall in such a way could make us believe a monster lurked around the corner .
4 The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him .
5 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 .
6 The Luggage hurtled around the corner , its several hundred knees moving like pistons .
7 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 .
8 In a matter of seconds , the aged bocor limped around the corner , and approached warily .
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