Example sentences of "[adv] on the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 2 | Miss Jarman came into the middle of the kitchen for a closer look at Jess , then suddenly slapping her hand down on the corner of the big floury table said : ‘ What d' you say to letting me pay whatever she owes ? |
| 3 | He desperately wanted to show Becky how much he appreciated all she had done , and settled for bouncing up and down on the corner of the bed |
| 4 | Down , down on the corner of erm |
| 5 | It 'll be in city whe er th to there is a hairdre all there is is one further down on the corner of Parkin Street . |
| 6 | She leaned over him and kissed him gently on the corner of his mouth . |
| 7 | I live literally on the corner as you go out . |
| 8 | Yes , you mean literally on the corner ? |
| 9 | Cos you 're nearly , you know , more or less on the corner there anyway are n't you ? |
| 10 | Christopher sat easily on the corner of his office table his Company Sergeant Major ramrod stiff a pace behind on his right . |
| 11 | I think it 's just on the corner in n it Ded ? |
| 12 | If they 're not on the corner , it-s likely the boys there will know where you can find them . |
| 13 | No it 's not on the corner , it 's further in . |
| 14 | ‘ You can drop us off on the corner if you like , Bill . ’ |
| 15 | Leigh argues that the wear arises more on the corner of the headplate because they were worn pointing downwards , and at a slight angle so that one corner was lower down . |
| 16 | And by the time he got to the next corner , we 'd be back on the corner . ' |
| 17 | right on the corner by the , I believe the |
| 18 | They 'd hit right on the corner of the stable and er me dad went to go out . |
| 19 | And er ooh what was the name , there was a grocery shop and then there was a , a confectioner 's right on the corner of erm er is it called , that leads off in , into It only , only a short street , there 's no houses in it actually . |
| 20 | I mean we hardly went into another shop and yet , you see , we have a young chappie like yourself who comes to the Guild once every year and shows us slides of old Walsall , Walsall Wood , Aldridge , the local area , and he said I 'm not very good Ruth at talking but he he 'd got the slides you know , and it , it used to end up with me doing the commentary on Walsall Wood , because you stand on the of Walsall Wood , which is there now , and your Co-op was right on the corner which is why I call it the corner store and you see people congregated there , people met there and when I 'd been accused of the , we 'd been at the college or at other conferences and why ca n't we get Guild members today , well that was the breeding ground your shop , you see . |
| 21 | We , we actually lived in th the corner shop is right on the corner if you 've come up High street on the bus and your Co-op would be on that corner , your church and your Co-op 's on the corner , and just turns there and I only lived just down that street , so we never had to have it delivered because we just popped up er and my brother and I , I can so remember us going with our two big bags you know and we , you know how you do when families meet you know and he 'll say that 's the time , because dad , we never knew dad hit us and yet you 'd of thought he was , we , we were so scared it must have been his voice you know , that he erm that we was so scared that everything was all correct from the Co- op . |
| 22 | But she remembers the Co-op having its first shop just , still in High street , but half way down , but then they had this prime position right on the corner , you know and it was a marvellous , a good Co-op I always thought . |
| 23 | That one there right on the corner yeah ? |
| 24 | Right on the corner ? |
| 25 | Well I 'd have to make something to mount it on to go right on the corner but |
| 26 | Built diagonally on the corner of the top floor of the mansion block , it had windows on three sides and an extra reception room . |
| 27 | ‘ Here on the corner do you , Jimmy ? ’ the taxi driver asked . |
| 28 | She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street . |
| 29 | then a couple of the shops , and she 's about on the corner this |
| 30 | Three bombs were launched from improvised pipe mortars inside a van which had parked two minutes earlier on the corner of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall , around 200 metres from Downing Street . |