Example sentences of "[v-ing] from the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 2 | She thought about moving from the corner . |
| 3 | The lungs which blow air through their vocal chords are still simple and relatively feeble , but many frogs amplify the sound of their voices with huge swelling throats or resonating sacs bulging from the corner of the jaws . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't know what you 're talking about , ’ said Cardiff , seeing from the corner of his eye that Pearce was looking at him quizzically . |
| 5 | The door was eventually opened by a scowling man , cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth , towel around his waist , shaving soap on his face and a razor in his hand , getting ready for his night shift . |
| 6 | She had a vision of Adamus walking up the wall of the house in the black of the moon , his pale face lifted and a trickle of blood running from the corner of his mouth . |
| 7 | 3 Number the ½cm marks from 1 to 12 along one side and 12 to 1 along the other side starting from the corner of the angle . |
| 8 | Watching from the corner of her eye as he curled his fingers round it , she was both pleased and astonished by the look of surprise that crossed his face . |
| 9 | The window had , during the summer months , more than its fair share of flies , whilst the proprietor was never to be seen in the shop without a flat black cap on his head and cigarette end dangling from the corner of his mouth . |
| 10 | When we went into the foyer , there was a uniformed porter on duty at the desk and a small dark man in his early fifties standing at the window looking out at the rain , a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth . |
| 11 | Liam Devlin sat at the piano in the Lights of Lisbon , a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth , a glass of wine on one side . |
| 12 | Jack Scamp had a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth . |