Example sentences of "[vb pp] the corner [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had just turned the corner of the NAAFI building on their way to the public road that ran through the camp when they bumped into two airmen . |
| 2 | He waited until Meredith had turned the corner before going downstairs to put on his Sunday overcoat . |
| 3 | The economy may well have turned the corner by the next election . |
| 4 | We had reached the corner of Guilder Lane and Winchester Street when a man hailed us with , |
| 5 | They had reached the corner of St Stephen 's Green . |
| 6 | They had reached the corner of Bacon Street . |
| 7 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 8 | One eyewitness said : ‘ Di had taken the corner into the school a bit wide and had stopped to avoid a car coming out . |
| 9 | She had kissed the corner of his mouth while he slept . |
| 10 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |