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

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1 Bits yes well Georgina round the corner apparently she has the lot new , because the bank moved them and they paid her and it was over four hundred pounds .
2 With Waitrose down south and Sainsburys round the corner they have to .
3 As Peter Morgan remembers : ‘ Waitresses at the Corner Houses were called Nippies — all in black with a frilled apron and a frilly hat .
4 But what about Redbridge RFC around the corner from me in East London .
5 And sometimes — ’ She looked away from Ben towards the corner of the room where a picture was hanging at a slight angle , and her head moved to one side as if to see it better .
6 Thomson with the corner he 's looking for Whitlow but it was headed by Rozario Thomson can try again .
7 They walked up to the Washington on the corner of England 's Lane .
8 A voice that called me ‘ old boy ’ suggested that I ‘ toddle over the road and meet me in Greenwich Village at the corner of Bleeker Street and MacDougal .
9 Robert Myle built one such tower on the Shore at the corner of Tower Street in 1685 .
10 From the early hours of the morning the unfortunate mali could be seen labouring away , pouring with sweat — despite the heat he still insisted in wearing his thick serge uniform — as he constructed a sort of miniature Mount Fuji in the corner of the front lawn .
11 But , and a squeak from being caught , Phillis in the kitchen , she could only agree , to meet Rab in the corner pub .
12 And after their lengthy and intimate chat , he confided in a naval colleague that ‘ at the earliest opportunity ’ he would visit Janet 's shop in Beauchamp Place around the corner from Harrods .
13 Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall .
14 put Vil in the corner !
15 I ran to Coburg Street , saw Sam at the corner with some of his mates , and blurted out what had happened .
16 I parked Armstrong round the corner and walked back to press the doorbell of 28 .
17 ‘ Once ! ’ called out Nessie from the corner .
18 Our plate shows — originally back to front , as is characteristic of the process , but corrected here — a vista of Whitehall from the corner of Trafalgar Square .
19 When the crowd sang Flower Of Scotland deep into the final quarter of the match , Hastings responded with a brilliant diagonal run off a dummy scissors which would have brought a try for Reed in the corner but for courageous defending from Davies .
20 Marshall , after two months of misery and just one goal since his restoration to the front line , nabbed the second with a perfect lob over Bryan Gunn from the corner of the penalty area .
21 Willie recognized Mr Miller from the corner shop and the young man behind the mesh in the Post Office .
22 I saw many coins that are found here , and one pasture is called Castle Close at the corner ; they say the foundation of a wall was dug up there . ’
23 Athelstan sketched a blessing in the air at his tormentor , dismounted and led Philomel past the church of St Magnus on the corner of Bridge Street .
24 He bought two large whiskies and , sitting Kate in the corner , drank to her daughter 's health .
25 So who 's the Guy in the corner ?
26 The tour continues up and down the country and will be in Newcastle at the Corner House on Sunday ( 9 ) .
27 ’ You could try Ezra at the corner . ’
28 She then hastened to the dining-room , expecting to find Silas and Matt at the corner table , but there was no sign of either of them .
29 All the ladies had put on their best floral evening frocks , the flags left over from the Coronation came into their own again , the fairy lights were lit on the verandah , and the gramophone churned out all the favourites : " Jealous Heart " , " Pawnshop on the Corner " , " Tennessee Waltz " , and lots of Glenn Miller .
30 We bumped into Strummer on the corner of Old Compton Street and Frith Street , just down the road from Ronnie Scott 's .
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