Example sentences of "in a corner [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He attempted to stand inconspicuously in a corner but it was useless , for most of the villagers nudged one another and turned to stare in his direction . |
| 2 | Cliff liked to get her in a corner but she liked to sit in the middle . |
| 3 | A wooden kitchen table with some crocks on it , a car battery split long ago , three chairs and a broken clothes horse , a pile of something in a corner that could have been a tramp 's bed , or , indeed , a long-dead tramp . |
| 4 | Obviously , you 'll be hiding it in a corner until it 's time to make your move . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll keep this tucked away in a corner when it 's not needed , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Top : Installed in a corner or against a wall , the Squarestair Spiral from Loft Centre Products makes the most of available space |
| 7 | Examples of this are when we are down on our luck , have no money , are sick , misunderstood , in a corner or just feeling old . |
| 8 | With its classically simple lines the Discovery will fit your kitchen plans precisely , in a run of units , in a corner or at the end of a peninsular arrangement . |
| 9 | Thousands of boxes of parts arrive at the assembly line every week to be emptied and then simply discarded in a corner because Dagenham is not geared to what the modern motor industry calls ‘ just-in-time ’ delivery . |
| 10 | One of the things I did n't like too much was the terrific hullabaloo the women made about menstruation , the way they would sit sighing in a corner and all the other women would make a fuss over them . |
| 11 | You do n't want to put him in a corner and have him as an enemy . |
| 12 | At the first sign of activity on the ground floor , he pulled off his jacket and socks , hid them in a corner and positioned himself at the bedroom door , ready to make a dash for the kitchen . |
| 13 | She spotted Sam in a corner and hurried over . |
| 14 | Balmoral 's is particularly homely , with a fishing-rod in a corner and a tea-tray in waiting , complete with almond cake . |
| 15 | They found a wooden bench seat in a corner and squeezed into it with their drinks — Edward had a pint of bitter and Sally a Babycham in a pretty glass decorated with a dancing fawn in a blue neck-bow . |
| 16 | The horse under me got upset and started bucking , and there were suddenly sheep everywhere , but he calmly rounded them up , put them in a corner and sat watching them . ’ |
| 17 | There she was , sitting forlornly in a corner and , unlike all the other dogs , making no noise , just gazing at the floor in a philosophical way . |
| 18 | Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat . |
| 19 | And they stood in a corner and drank them , and exchanged their names , at last : she much admired the clear way with which he presented his own . |
| 20 | In its simplest use , the computer sits in a corner and each child has an individual session with relevant material ; so inevitably only a short time would normally be available . |
| 21 | I sat in a corner and the uneasiness grew . |
| 22 | We 'll hide ourselves in a corner and celebrate ! ’ |
| 23 | I would pen them in a corner and the job would be over in no time . |
| 24 | ‘ Just sit in a corner and appear thoughtful . |
| 25 | All she could do was crouch in a corner and sob . |
| 26 | He opens the little door half-hidden in a corner and finds … what ? |
| 27 | On sentry duty one night , in the magazine of all places , I propped myself with my rifle on guard in a corner and somehow or other managed to let my feet out at about 30° to 35° to the vertical , and I fell asleep . |
| 28 | She felt more like hiding in a corner and never coming out . |
| 29 | When I get on that plane , I 'll just sit myself in a corner and concentrate on what I have to do . |
| 30 | But inevitably they 've been sort of thrown in a corner and people have fiddled around with them like I 've fiddled around with this and we find we got what , twenty or thirty of these missing . |