Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We talked ourselves into believing that those gaunt , tight-lipped men in caps and mufflers were round the corner and tailored our policy to match these imaginary conditions . ’ |
| 2 | When they were round the corner , it was impossible to see the heap of trees and rocks . |
| 3 | real exciting down there it was piece of wood tuck in , but since erm they were round the corner by . |
| 4 | Was it when you were round the corner ? |
| 5 | They used to do that : the chief inspector walking down on a Saturday morning in full regalia and one of these fellows would nod and they 'd always walk to the corner , and the Chief would n't say anything about it because they were on the corner and not causing any obstruction . |
| 6 | We were at the corner of an ‘ L ’ formed by the two roads down which the malais were coming . |
| 7 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 8 | His mother had done them — her name was in the corner . |
| 9 | By her fireside there was a settee and a table , ‘ and old granny was in the corner . |
| 10 | Situated as it was in the corner of rural Essex , immediately adjacent to the sprawling East End of London , West Ham was subject to diverse influences ; in the final analysis , however , its growth can not be seen as integral to either of its neighbours . |
| 11 | At my Mum-in-law 's the sink was in the corner , not under the window where it is now … |
| 12 | Their table was in the corner by the juke box ; pop songs from the 19605 made an aural barrier between them and the rest of the clientele . |
| 13 | Corbett suddenly realised he was in the corner of the hall . |
| 14 | Soon I was round the corner again and on my way back to the station . |
| 15 | You know a miracle will not happen but you find yourself behaving as if it might : we canvassed , those weeks before the election , with a heady feeling that success was round the corner . |
| 16 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 17 | The shop was round the corner in Back Lane . |
| 18 | The cinema was round the corner and |
| 19 | I walked along the road while Frankland was watching me , but as soon as I was round the corner , I went towards the hill where we had seen the boy . |
| 20 | I mean , we 've , I 've , there was a situation these are the roads he 's taking me around now , he had me reverse round the corner which was practically blind , could n't see what was round the corner , so I was edging round , and it was on a hill so I had to do it , every time I stopped I had to put the handbrake on so I did n't roll |
| 21 | At the end of this terrace was a brick wall some ten feet in height behind which were the gardens of the Milford Hill houses , the first of these was on the corner of the streets . |
| 22 | One of these , Moody 's , was on the corner with Trinity Street . |
| 23 | It was on the corner of a cobbled alleyway off the road . |
| 24 | From the photograph of the crash we had seen that the demolished house was on the corner of a small lane , and although the house had been rebuilt , when we arrived at the place the position was easily identified . |
| 25 | And that was on the corner of er er Road and Street at . |
| 26 | Butchers and er then there was the butchers and that was on the corner of and er and and then cross over there towards Street you 've got the stores , then you come the , the er drapers , then er Tommy the butcher who was my first wife 's uncle and then you come to a shop which was owned by one or two people , which was a sort of er general store and then my mother-in-law 's shop a cook 's which was |
| 27 | It must be I was only thinking the other day the number of bakers but er the number of small bakers that were in Caldmore there was the two brothers one was in Road and one was in Street there was on the corner of Street , where the Co-op have that place now that was they were all bread bakers , were bread bakers er a bit further down Street going towards Street was bakery , they were a bakers and confectioners in Street |
| 28 | It was on the corner of Saint John 's road . |
| 29 | And my brothers both went to er , a headmaster from the high school set up on his own and they both went there , and that was at the corner of Avenue on Road . |
| 30 | Well that we had a favourite place for that , that was at the corner of Road and Road by the chapel , the Chapel , and because it was on a hill , slope on to . |