Example sentences of "[conj] the corner [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These pieces move about as the faces turn , but we soon notice that the corner pieces move only to corner places , and so on .
2 In restaurants — his tastes were no more sophisticated now than before , but occasionally he would do better than the Corner House — he would still order at the top of his voice , still hoping to be recognized .
3 All traces of glue must be removed from the inside corner , and the corner angle must be checked to an accurate 90° .
4 Almost all principles and the corner stone of socialism ie : nationalisation , have been thrown overboard in the scramble to be elected .
5 As a result monstrous tower blocks , not fit for human souls , were erected to replace the neat streets of individual terraced houses , vast impersonal motorways supplanted the agreeably irregular network of real roads , and as part of the dehumanization process , the Great railway stations , the local cinemas , and the corner shops , the familiar landmarks of a lifetime , were swept away .
6 Our street was a charred mess and the corner shop did n't open .
7 And the corner house is up for sale .
8 The foreshore was dark as pitch , but the corner street lamps palely illuminated the deck of Maurice .
9 The top , bottom and side bars are used to alter the window 's height and width , whereas the corner section is used to size the height and width together .
10 An end gun irrigates a further 100ft when the corner system is fully extended .
11 She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this .
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