Example sentences of "the corner of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reply was then received from Mr Quarry but the proposed ground rent of £15 a year was considered too high and another effort was made to get from the Baroness von Steiglitz some ground at the corner of what is now Carrickblacker Avenue and in the same field where the existing Tabernacle stood . |
| 2 | And , out of the corner of her eye , Jinny saw that it was true . |
| 3 | She looked up at me out of the corner of her eye and lowered her voice . |
| 4 | On the landing outside , Kathleen Lavender turned the corner of her apron anxiously between her hands . |
| 5 | Wiping her tears with the corner of her apron and clutching the baby to her she searched for the reasons for this volte-face . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm — ’ She looked round to see no one was in earshot , then mumbled the words quickly out of the corner of her mouth as if they were not really her responsibility : , I 'm sorry . ’ |
| 7 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw Prentice moving closer . |
| 8 | Agnes looked at Sadie out of the corner of her eye without turning round . |
| 9 | She crunched appreciatively and watched the urchin out of the corner of her eye . |
| 10 | She dabbed the corner of her eye with a black-edged handkerchief . |
| 11 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw a man in a white coat floundering through the snow towards them , and in some intuitive way this increased her anxiety to be off . |
| 12 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 13 | She was smiling and making money and catching people out of the corner of her eye . |
| 14 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw Tweed glance again in the wing mirror . |
| 15 | Then she was aware of someone staring at her and looking out of the corner of her eyes she saw it was Carmella . |
| 16 | Sometimes , in fact , she had felt she was in danger of neglecting the rest of her pupils for though her voice continued to drone on , snapping out an instruction here , a correction there , she was in reality watching Paula out of the corner of her eye , and experiencing the same excitement of discovery that she had felt on the day when Paula had first walked into her office . |
| 17 | She was watching Edward out of the corner of her eye . |
| 18 | It had been a mere moment of whiteness seen out of the corner of her eye but it had not moved purposefully like a horse does with a rider . |
| 19 | On the way back , she filled a pouch in the corner of her shawl with the edible weeds that grow like tongues of spinach among the crops . |
| 20 | From time to time , as she looked up , specks of gritty plaster landed in her eyes and , putting her broom down for a moment , she dabbed them with the corner of her shawl . |
| 21 | Then , out of the corner of her eye , Perdita saw Angel approaching . |
| 22 | When she had finished she sat in the corner of her bedroom and wept . |
| 23 | Whatever happened , whatever was done or said , he was there in the corner of her mind . |
| 24 | ‘ If you keep talking to me he might think we have n't seen him , ’ Benny hissed out of the corner of her mouth . |
| 25 | Biting the corner of her lip Benny haltingly told a tale of mythical blood tests . |
| 26 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 27 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 28 | Out of the corner of her eye she was aware of the group of horses and riders . |
| 29 | She woke up with a little start , wiping the corner of her mouth with her hand . |
| 30 | I never saw the mail robber , though Tom played with his children — and caught nits from them , to Nonni 's horror — and I got to know his sister , Elsie : a thin woman with stiff , blonde hair who was never without a cigarette stuck to the corner of her mouth . |