Example sentences of "[vb past] turn the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how I managed to turn the corner without bumping into something ! |
| 2 | Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates . |
| 3 | He waited until Meredith had turned the corner before going downstairs to put on his Sunday overcoat . |
| 4 | Once he had turned the corner , he took the coat off and slipped it over his arm . |
| 5 | As soon as they had turned the corner , however , he put his paper down and headed for the row of pay phones that lined the wall . |
| 6 | She had , only the other day , seen a policeman and -woman exerting more force than had seemed strictly necessary on a man in the street : at the time she had assumed that he had offered fierce resistance until she had turned the corner , at which moment he had been subdued . |
| 7 | Although the maternal recommendation was that Jane should see a psychiatrist or a priest , it transpired that Jane felt she had turned the corner simply by spilling out her innermost thoughts to her mother . |
| 8 | The location publicity officer , Liz Kallend , looking shaken , said : ‘ Everyone thought that the show had turned the corner . ’ |
| 9 | The location publicity officer , Liz Kallend , looking shaken , said : ‘ Everyone thought that the show had turned the corner . ’ |