Example sentences of "down [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This part of the kitchen was originally a coal shed and it was a very dark and dingy area , ’ Pauline explains , ‘ so we knocked down the adjoining wall and opened up the staircase that comes down into the corner of the kitchen . |
| 2 | No no they come down into the corner of the field here in Place . |
| 3 | And there , on the third step , upside down in the corner by the wall , was Bunty 's other sandal — dainty lacy white straps with the arched instep and the two-inch heel hanging half off . |
| 4 | Ireland were quick to respond , scrum-half Matchett breaking from a scrum to touch down in the corner . |
| 5 | Gentle accepted the wine , and sat down in the corner of the ill-sprung couch , where it was easiest to ignore the demands of the screen . |
| 6 | One is now face down in the corner , snoring on a pile of old cheese cloths . |
| 7 | Alice went up to her room , and squatted down in the corner where her bed had been , the narrow white bed she had slept in since she was ten years old . |
| 8 | Over at The Wine Cellar , Keith Meerza , the joint owner , has sat a customer down in the corner and is trying to persuade him to go to the police . |
| 9 | Sikes laid her down in the corner , as surprised as Fagin at her anger . |
| 10 | Then he went back to lie down in the corner of the cell . |
| 11 | Now right down in the corner , bearing in mind my parents ' garden shall we say is there and the field height is there |
| 12 | Sit down in the corner nice breakfast . |
| 13 | I know which it is but it 's somewhere down in the corner where your brother used to live that corner down there Harry somewhere down there . |
| 14 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 15 | Miss Jarman came into the middle of the kitchen for a closer look at Jess , then suddenly slapping her hand down on the corner of the big floury table said : ‘ What d' you say to letting me pay whatever she owes ? |
| 16 | He desperately wanted to show Becky how much he appreciated all she had done , and settled for bouncing up and down on the corner of the bed |
| 17 | Down , down on the corner of erm |
| 18 | It 'll be in city whe er th to there is a hairdre all there is is one further down on the corner of Parkin Street . |
| 19 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 20 | They walked side by side , not touching , down to the corner where Steep Street began . |
| 21 | I cleaned up the spill and walked down to the corner shop with my grocery list and three ten-bob notes to pay off last week 's ‘ strap ’ . |
| 22 | Give me my morning 's gentle stroll down to the corner paper shop , my afternoon 's lazy snooker match at the village club with a glass of you know what on the side-table , and my evening 's friendly ( is there any such thing ? ) solo or bridge games . |
| 23 | Now , just a shabby backwater in Belsize Park , but a nice , quiet area where a woman alone might walk down to the corner shop at midnight in safety and people minded their own business . |
| 24 | The fellow pointed down to the corner of the Mercery and Lawrence Street . |
| 25 | I asked about you down at the corner , the shop there . |