Example sentences of "[v-ing] in the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sometimes used to help him out with double dates , but they always ended with both girls squabbling over yours truly and Stuart sulking in the corner and displaying all the charisma of a limpet . |
| 2 | He suffers from a ‘ sense of injured merit ’ , and like a spoiled child , sulking in the corner , he sulks in Hell and vows always to defy good for the sake of evil , in the vain hope of getting his own back . |
| 3 | Aggie looked up and down the narrow street ; then , taking a chain with a lock attached to it from under a piece of sacking in the corner of the cart , she pushed the cart close to the gate , and tied a leg of it to the iron post . |
| 4 | Still no takers for this ‘ mirror to all you wish to remember ’ and now it is down £1.95 , or was there a 95p tag lurking in the corner of the flyleaf ? |
| 5 | The two hedgers and ditchers were flat out and snoring in the corner pew . |
| 6 | From then on he sat cowering in the corner beside his case praying for the journey to end and did not dare move , look down or even breath . |
| 7 | Seeing his friend cowering in the corner of his cage at the mercy of the teachers , he felt the tears swell up in his eyes . |
| 8 | THE TV was blaring in the corner , displaying EastEnders in black and white . |
| 9 | He turned and tossed a penny at the lad still squatting in the corner . |
| 10 | A battery of three ovens ( plus the ex-Scanro one waiting in the corner for assembly ) and an impressive array of moulds make AC Canoe Products very strongly placed to forge ahead with the production of rotationally moulded kayaks . |
| 11 | There the typical New Zealand blind-side second-phase move unfolded , the ball moved quickly to Stuart Barnes ; then to Ian Hunter , the fullback , slipping up inside Tony Underwood , flicking past the last defender and scoring in the corner . |
| 12 | She turned to Sally , who was kneeling in the corner beside her bookcase , trying to make herself unobtrusive . |
| 13 | Abigail lay on her side , well tucked in , the teddy bear she was too young for sitting in the corner by her feet . |
| 14 | As she walked into the Percy Bar the sight of her youngest son sitting in the corner raised Constance 's spirits . |
| 15 | But equally there 's no point sitting in the corner with a handkerchief stuffed in your mouth . |
| 16 | I attended the medical centre for my test and stood in my underpants for an hour in a shiny-clean waiting room with yellow walls and a kitten sitting in the corner . |
| 17 | A tall dark man , sitting in the corner , watched Mr Bumble while he drank . |
| 18 | It had been half sitting in the corner , now it seemed to crouch , as if ready to spring forward . |
| 19 | When he got back into the kitchen the cat , finally courageous in its search for food , was sitting in the corner . |
| 20 | I could n't see the woman sitting in the corner of the window-seat . |
| 21 | One of the rats is just sitting in the corner and I wonder if maybe it 's smart enough to be depressed . |
| 22 | In the office , after lunch , they started again , Ilse sitting in the corner taking notes . |
| 23 | Can I say also a particular thank you to the unsung heroes sitting in the corner here . |
| 24 | So I decided to take them outside for a breath of fresh air , ’ she added , turning her worried blue eyes in mute appeal to the uniformed policewoman sitting in the corner of the room . |
| 25 | A man goes in the pub , there 's a bear sitting in the corner . |
| 26 | Second , models of the thermal structure involving slab-induced convection show slab melting in the corner of the mantle wedge 80km from the trench . |
| 27 | Already his mouth was watering at the prospect of sinking his teeth into a thick slice of bread liberally spread with best butter and sprinkled with sugar from one of the big sacks standing in the corner . |
| 28 | To have one standing in the corner of every room in the house is a tremendous help to an old person who can not bend ; although , of course , one will suffice , as it can be carried from one room to another when it is needed . |
| 29 | The father took a golf-club that was standing in the corner . |
| 30 | It was the night of the school disco and a group of parents were standing in the corner as the kids enjoyed themselves on the dance floor . |