Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woolley turned a corner and saw Colonel Hawthorn instructing Corporal Hemsley in the about-turn . |
| 2 | From the kick-off , Bordon forced a corner which was cleared only as far as Duffin who volleyed in from 15 yards . |
| 3 | The chief superintendent had a corner office with a view down onto the place where tenders took on loads of aviation fuel from huge land-based tanks . |
| 4 | Wright conceded a corner after tipping over Johnson 's header and Wark rose unmarked to head home the equaliser . |
| 5 | Forsyth forced a corner on the left , Beagrie swung the ball towards the near post , Adams nodded it on and Wise forced in England 's first goal at the far post . |
| 6 | The riders turned a corner and went down into the village . |
| 7 | The car sped on and she stared , her gaze chained to the dark silhouette of the driver 's head until the BMW turned a corner and vanished from sight . |
| 8 | After Kingsley Black won a corner on the right , Magilton fired the ball over , Dowie flicked it on and McDonald powered in a header . |
| 9 | With time running out , another Bob Daynes surge down the right wing earned a corner for 'Mill , and it was Daynes himself who crossed the ball to pick out brother Peter who was unmarked in the penalty area to score with a thumping header into the roof of the net . |
| 10 | Cotton Lane had a corner shop which was a favourite eating-place of the rivermen and horse and motor drivers . |
| 11 | In the 50th minute Dungannon forced a corner on the left which was taken by Denver whose cross deceived the home defence to enter the net . |
| 12 | Philip lifted a corner of the net curtain in the window . |
| 13 | ‘ What is this place officially ? ’ he asked as the buggy turned a corner into a vast garage . |
| 14 | Delaney reached a corner , and paused . |
| 15 | West Ham got a corner and started to vaguely threaten for the first time . |
| 16 | Joe indicated a corner pub , newly opened-up for the day 's business , and asked her if this would be okay . |
| 17 | Five minutes before the interval , Berazi nearly added a second when Dave Watson swung a corner to the far post and Berazi followed inches wide . |
| 18 | 18 MINUTES : Le Tissier took a corner from the right and Hall , escaping his marker , connected with a tremendous header to score against the club who rejected him as a 15-year-old . |
| 19 | In 1909 D. W. Griffith directed A Corner in Wheat for the Biograph Company and the New York Dramatic Mirror announced to its readers that ‘ this picture is not a picture drama , although it is presented with dramatic force . |
| 20 | We had walked but a short distance when the path rounded a corner and led towards an impressive canyon with no obvious way forward . |
| 21 | Four minutes after the interval , Pratt curled a corner into the goalmouth and Kevin Knibbs headed the winner . |
| 22 | Vi took a corner seat farthest away from the door . |
| 23 | The doctor said something incomprehensible about Angharad 's medical condition , and Betty praised a corner cupboard of Welsh oak which stood adjacent to the window . |
| 24 | Once Harrison rounded a corner he took a very deep breath and leaned against a wall . |
| 25 | Gloria wrapped a corner of it round her index finger , spat to make it wet , then dabbed at Dot 's cheeks till they were sore . |