Example sentences of "[vb -s] in the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pile of toy animals lies in the corner of the gallery in Telling Tales . |
| 2 | The rowan tree ( Sorbus aucuparia ) or in Gaelic , which stands in the corner of the kitchen garden or just beyond the house or byre , has protected the home , the family and the cattle from witches and fairies for centuries , and has endured after many a homestead has been deserted . |
| 3 | Henry stands in the corner , too expectant to be rude . |
| 4 | In these days of digital technology and modular electronics , it 's hard to know where to turn when your blue-speaker AC30 begins to issue smoke , your Copicat starts munching recording tape or your beloved Marshall JTM45 just sits and coughs in the corner . |
| 5 | It 's almost as if he paces in the corner of the office waiting to get his hands on me — and he gets jealous when I 'm writing about someone else . ’ |
| 6 | It is also a pleasure for a nation of country lovers to escape from what is in danger of becoming a land of theme parks and golf courses , to a place in which the earth is actually used for growing things and where the workers have n't been reduced to the statutory rustic who sits in the corner of the saloon bar entertaining the merchant bankers . |
| 7 | Book Week sets out every year to persuade children that life is not square and sits in the corner with knobs on . |
| 8 | The television sits in the corner and leaks unsavoury glimpses of what 's really happening on to the faded carpets , and they hate it . |
| 9 | Jim says we 'll get an electric one because you do n't want a new thing sitting in there and erm it sits in the corner cos I have no room in my units for it . |
| 10 | And goes and sits in the corner . |
| 11 | And if you notice what we 're trying to do is with our er illustration here er is to reflect the the gentility if you like of the Yorkshire hills and Yorkshire dales and we have a logo of our own which appears in the corner of the screen . |
| 12 | He says that a Cavalier appears in the corner , a Shepherd and his dog , hands grip at those who sleep in the bed and a monk walks through the wall ! |
| 13 | Congealed black blood stains in the corner cracks make her look like a baby bird on a diet of blackberries . |
| 14 | A floor-mop leans in the corner , |
| 15 | She would not think of the pitiful remains in the corner . |