Example sentences of "he turn the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | I watched him until he turned the corner . |
| 2 | He turned the corner miserably , bumping into Elsie with their fish and chips . |
| 3 | As soon as he turned the corner , I grabbed the wallet and sprinted down the alley . |
| 4 | As he turned the corner away from the house and towards the train station , Endill was sure he saw the shape of his father standing at one of the upstairs windows , watching him go . |
| 5 | What a shock he got when he turned the corner to find the entire corridor overgrown by mountains and mountains of wild plants . |
| 6 | As he turned the corner into Bridgefoot Street he stopped , daunted by the steep slope before him . |
| 7 | He waved them on as he turned the corner , and began to run . |
| 8 | Willie caught sight of them as he turned the corner . |
| 9 | Half a minute later , as he turned the corner into Oxford Street , he was blown off his feet by the explosion just yards from his cab . |
| 10 | He turned the corner , and found himself at the front of the house , which had a mountingblock , well chalked . |
| 11 | Rushing down the staircase , he turned the corner to the store-room which was fitted with a safety lock requiring four turns of the key . |
| 12 | One witness , a taxi-driver , said : ‘ The police car stopped the van right in front of ou ‘ The policeman ran after him , but as he turned the corner he was shot twice in the back . |
| 13 | He turned the corner , and almost walked into Gurder . |
| 14 | He must have taken a shine to the jacket because he turned the corner — and never came back leaving the police red-faced . |
| 15 | As he turned the corner a police car pulled out in front of them . |
| 16 | He turned the corner and saw the damage the heavy rain had done . |
| 17 | In the city one morning , as he turned the corner of the street into the shade of the acacias on the main boulevard , a woman ran out and plucked him by the sleeve , pulled him into a doorway and snatched his hand to kiss it . |
| 18 | Sign of the times , he thought , as he turned the corner into Church Row . |
| 19 | And then he was gone down the stairs , running lightly , for all his limp , and the last which she saw of him was the sandy-blond head before he turned the corner of the first landing . |
| 20 | But he turned the corner by finishing 23rd in Valencia and 25th in Majorca last week . |