Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were round and staring , and a thin , bloodied foam seeped from the corners of his distorted lips . |
| 2 | Diana waited outside the main entrance of Great Ormond Street holding a clutch of excited little hands for a good five minutes before the Wishing Well song , which pop star Boy George had specially recorded for the appeal , struck up ; and then Father Christmas , in the shape of a heavily disguised Jimmy Tarbuck , juddered round the corner on his sleigh , pulled by two little white ponies . |
| 3 | Her brothers and sisters , sisters-in-law , all the clan dodged the ricocheting missiles , clustered in the corners , watched with appalled glee . |
| 4 | Clustered in the corner of an airless photographic studio , five worried mothers are discussing what to give their children for dinner . |
| 5 | A notice on the wall said that it was forbidden to serve drinks to Muslims and a television set flickered in the corner . |
| 6 | She peered round the corner of the house . |
| 7 | Quickly , silently , he moved round the corner and down the corridor , stopping outside the door beside the dragon . |
| 8 | Tom stopped at the corner where the shop stood and looked across at the Fire Station . |
| 9 | Tom stopped at the corner of the small road near the corset shop and glanced down at the tiny alleyway where the artist 's shop stood . |
| 10 | She stopped at the corner as the two scientists approached the doors . |
| 11 | They stopped at the corner and Chris said anxiously , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've said all the wrong things , seemed to dwell on my side of things . |
| 12 | I stopped at the corner of Bleeker Street . |
| 13 | Nathan gave a brief shrug , and a wry , self-mocking smile flickered at the corners of his mouth . |
| 14 | Carefully , Mrs Browning dabbed at the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief . |
| 15 | She screwed the cap back on her lipstick case , rolled her lips together , dabbed at the corners with a violet tissue , then snapped shut the mirror-case and zipped up all the contents of her cosmetic-bag . |
| 16 | ‘ They 're really going to come after us now , ’ said Billie , pinned to the seat as it accelerated through the corners . |
| 17 | From the penalty spot , Rook drove into the corner for his second of the game and give his side a passage into the next round , a defeat that sees City 's interest in Cup games at an end for this season . |
| 18 | A figure walking along the path on the outside of the wire came into the corner of my vision . |
| 19 | They were like untrained puppies or untrained kittens ; they messed in the corner of any room ’ . |
| 20 | Proctor gathered the rebound and scored in the corner . |
| 21 | That gave Fallon the overlap and he scored in the corner . |
| 22 | Well my free kick , he actually got a touch on that as well , he tipped it onto the post for the free kick yes , but I mean even when he bounced out to Mickey Lewis , one of their defenders got a great block from about two yards out to send it out for the corner , which luckily we scored from the corner , so that we got away with it then . |
| 23 | See , the other week there , I was on beat duty and this wee nipper , could n't have been more than 6 or 7 , came round the corner and says to me , ‘ Fuck off , ya black bastard . ’ |
| 24 | Sergeant came round the corner and he said , ‘ Where have you been ? ’ |
| 25 | as if to confirm her statement , a tall powerfully built man came round the corner of the house carrying a box of potatoes . |
| 26 | I think the principle was that if the terrorists came round the corner , then they 'd make such a noise shooting us that they 'd wake up everybody inside and give them time to lock the door , and that was really our only role . |
| 27 | And at that moment , the two people that usually took over from us came round the corner , poked their heads round and said ‘ Oh hello , fancy seeing you here , we just thought we 'd pop round to say goodbye . ’ |
| 28 | Just then , a car came round the corner and flattened the poor moggy . |
| 29 | ‘ Suddenly a police van came round the corner and pulled up to see what was going on . |
| 30 | Well funnily enough I went down there last week , and I must admit I I came round the corner and there was one particular vehicle still does it . |