Example sentences of "[noun sg] turn [art] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short figure turned the corner and walked towards the mysterious door . |
| 2 | As the figure turned the corner from the stairhead passage into the corridor , Grant drove the shotgun butt hard into his midriff . |
| 3 | The figure turning the corner and walking heavily down the road could not under any circumstances have been Edward , but at least it relieved her from the suspicion that the street was uninhabited . |
| 4 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 5 | The report by Germany 's five leading economic research institutes said their more optimistic autumn predictions had been confounded because of east Germany 's failure to turn the corner . |
| 6 | Franca imagined their intense relief as their taxi turned the corner . |
| 7 | ‘ What is this place officially ? ’ he asked as the buggy turned a corner into a vast garage . |
| 8 | For this is Europe 's chance to turn the corner . |
| 9 | Beyond this the visitor turns a corner to be presented with the length of the main hall running from a balloon basket and the Cody Biplane to the HS.125 executive jet and an air traffic controller 's desk . |
| 10 | He pushed out his shoulders , and was halfway through when the creature turned the corner , coming upon him with terrifying speed . |
| 11 | Athelstan turned to go back into his church just as a young pursuivant turned the corner of the alley , slipping and sliding on the ice as he bellowed the friar 's name . |
| 12 | I had neither , so I plodded stoically through the mire turning a corner eventually to see the summit of Ingleborough framed by the walls of the lane . |
| 13 | The bus turns the corner and it gets stuck in some traffic for a bit and he just carries on shouting again and again . |
| 14 | On the landing outside , Kathleen Lavender turned the corner of her apron anxiously between her hands . |
| 15 | It 's a wonderful surprise to turn the corner , just yards away from the mayhem of the chairlift , and find yourself in wide , sweeping moorland , gently inclining up to the ridge . |