Example sentences of "turn the corner of " 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 | On the landing outside , Kathleen Lavender turned the corner of her apron anxiously between her hands . |
| 3 | Still , she said as she turned the corner of the High Street . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Where is ’ — Protheroe turned the corner of Culley 's report to find the name — ‘ Nicola Hammond ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | You could not be in the room next to mine , but you were in the same city , coming towards me , turning the corner of the square , entering the same street ! |
| 13 | The village contained little more than cottages , but the spirit of the day had been caught … and two or three of the best of them were smartened up with a white curtain and ‘ lodgings to let ’ — and further on in the little green court of an old farm house , two females in elegant white were actually to be seen with their books and camp-stools — and in turning the corner of the baker 's shop , the sound of a harp might be heard through the upper casement . |
| 14 | You women are all the same — a man just has to turn the corner of the street and the next thing , they 're all eyes and lips and tongue and sucking me ’ — he tripped , changed ‘ sucking him towards them . |