Example sentences of "turn the corner [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had just turned the corner of the NAAFI building on their way to the public road that ran through the camp when they bumped into two airmen . |
| 2 | He waited until Meredith had turned the corner before going downstairs to put on his Sunday overcoat . |
| 3 | The economy may well have turned the corner by the next election . |
| 4 | The Church of England is behind the Baptist Union in halting its decline : the Baptists turned the corner between 1980 and 1985 , and thereafter saw a slight growth in membership . |
| 5 | As she turned the corner into Perry Street her heart began to pound . |
| 6 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 7 | As he turned the corner into Bridgefoot Street he stopped , daunted by the steep slope before him . |
| 8 | He shuffled past the police barracks — formerly the Archbishop 's Palace — and turned the corner into the cathedral close . |
| 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 walked past it and turned the corner into Cromwell Road . |
| 11 | Sign of the times , he thought , as he turned the corner into Church Row . |
| 12 | I turned the corner into Bank Street , pounded down it just missing two lamp-posts , took a sharp left into Adam Smith Street and came to McGarvie 's garage . |
| 13 | They turned the corner into the street where Gabriel lived ; she had a tiny flat . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On the landing outside , Kathleen Lavender turned the corner of her apron anxiously between her hands . |
| 16 | Still , she said as she turned the corner of the High Street . |
| 17 | This was the very thought in her head as she turned the corner of the corridor and back into the waiting room and saw the weeping figure of a woman hunched over and hugging herself with grief . |
| 18 | They turned the corner of the house and saw what looked like an outbuilding , only rather a smart one , painted white and with a tub of nasturtiums outside the open front door . |
| 19 | ‘ Where is ’ — Protheroe turned the corner of Culley 's report to find the name — ‘ Nicola Hammond ? ’ |
| 20 | One of the stairs cracked sharply beneath her foot ; she heard the front door of one of the ground-floor flats open behind her , and as she turned the corner of the staircase she caught a glimpse of a single eye and a draggle of grey hair at the crack . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Athelstan turned to go back into his church just as a young pursuivant turned the corner of the alley , slipping and sliding on the ice as he bellowed the friar 's name . |
| 25 | Gradually , a few familiar faces turned the corner by The Boar 's Head . |
| 26 | But he turned the corner by finishing 23rd in Valencia and 25th in Majorca last week . |
| 27 | EMILY MacPeake turned the corner from Merrycrest Avenue into Ashlea Drive and then left up Merrycroft Avenue . |
| 28 | As the figure turned the corner from the stairhead passage into the corridor , Grant drove the shotgun butt hard into his midriff . |
| 29 | Squatting , she pretended to tie a non-existent shoe-lace and waited until the two men had crossed Clayton Square and turned the corner in the direction of Bold Street . |
| 30 | ‘ God that man 's a nuisance , ’ Fiona said , as they turned the corner in the drive and the lights of the castle came into view against the coal-dark night . |