Example sentences of "[noun] to the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sent a glance to the corners where the shadows still lay , thick and clotted and sinister , but nothing moved . |
| 2 | Seeing the betraying movement , his hand slid down to close lightly around her throat ; then he touched his lips to the corner of her mouth with delicate precision before planting a series of soft baby kisses along the clean line of her jaw . |
| 3 | Finally , Frank Crockford showed a clear pair of heels on a run to the corner after that man Powell had again made the opening by bursting through the centre . |
| 4 | He faces tougher opponents this time , but has bundles of stamina and with a half decent run to the corner , can outstay Stormhill Echo who relished the inside last week to score comfortably by four lengths from Murlough Blue in 30.92 secs . |
| 5 | When they got back , Lucier was sitting in a chair outside the door of the house , watching Alan and his sons batten the church weather-vane to the corner of the little pageant . |
| 6 | At least ’ , he added , with a down-turn to the corners of his mouth , ‘ that 's the theory of it . ’ |
| 7 | When she was about to move forward though , ready to go up to that front door and ring the bell , some sound drew her attention to the corner of the house . |
| 8 | Deep furrows ran from beside his nose to the corners of his mouth ; they suggested experience , command , impatience with fools . |
| 9 | Her eyes were as dark as a rotten egg , and a tear of blood ran down alongside her nose to the corner of her mouth like a symptom of regret . |
| 10 | The distance from the picture to the corner is 21.6mm . |
| 11 | Following his seventh-minute penalty goal , it was the lively Fox 's probing kick to the corner which set up Karl Fairbank to put Kiwi centre Darrall Shelford over for a try . |
| 12 | Fox added the conversion and it was his perfectly judged grubber kick to the corner which allowed winger Tony Marchant to pounce and score . |
| 13 | Neath then won a ruck in Bridgend 's 22 and after Laity had committed two defenders , Barclay had a clear overlap to the corner . |
| 14 | One solution for a large bay is to make one large pair of curtains to fit across the front window and allow it to be free standing , that is , do not fix its outer edges to the corners . |
| 15 | She ran past the Library to the corner of Unter den Linden and saw Karl , notable in his elegant overcoat , sauntering down the street . |
| 16 | Registering 30.80 , Davy McClenaghan 's black bitch was always holding the staying-on Mineola Gift and she 'll be hard to beat again if beating Express to the corner . |
| 17 | Mike Wedderburn taking the scenic route to the corner flag . |
| 18 | Two penalties by Derek McAleese put them 6-0 up in as many minutes and five minutes later after a huge McAleese kick had taken play to the corner Davie Tweed won the line out and Johnny Caskey nipped over for the try which McAleese converted . |
| 19 | The tendons to the corners of the mouth may stand out clearly like lengths of string , and the facial muscles will become more and more obvious as they tauten and contract in the normal flat plains of the horse 's head . |
| 20 | Another , who 'd been injured in a brawl during exercise , sported fifty-eight stitches from the point of his chin to the corner of his left eye . |
| 21 | As Mansell , 38 , attempted to overtake , Senna moved wide to his left as he took the racing line in approach to the corner , forcing the Englishman to career wide and then off the circuit . |
| 22 | Roberts moved along the 6ins ledge to the corner and said he would jump if anyone tried to get him back inside . |
| 23 | On its right-hand side a long scar ran from just behind the ear to the corner of his mouth . |
| 24 | ‘ We came together because it looked as if he was going to try to take my line to the corner . |
| 25 | Prudhoe dashed along the goal line to the corner of his box to keep a misdirected Smith backpass in play , but all the keeper could do was palm the ball to the feet of Loram , who simply squared the ball inside for Fashanu to sidefoot a second . |
| 26 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 27 | if i can use a div 1 player ( bohinen , forest — tech wonder boy with amazing goals and great moves as a speciality — scored the most memorable goal of my life up to date against italy when we beat them at home 2–1 in the EC qual game on june 5th 1991 — world class defender baresi was on his way to the corner flag — outclassed by a bohinen move — when bohinen put the ball under Walter Zenga — i attended the game and had the perfect seat for that goal — hmm — i got a little carried away here , ehh ? ; - ) ) |
| 28 | He took four strides to the corner , turned it and ran . |
| 29 | I went along the colonnade to the corner of the southern front of the house . |