Example sentences of "in a corner [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat in a corner facing the door , her lip now hurting badly . |
| 2 | I sat in a corner looking at the Dutchmen who smiled surreptitiously from the platform . |
| 3 | Boldwood , who had been standing in a corner watching her , ran forward to catch her . |
| 4 | They sat in a corner watching the citizens of every class and station go noisily by , eager to reserve a good place from which to watch the day 's events . |
| 5 | One day , when Sam found her weeping in a corner nursing a black eye , he told her she had got to stop . |
| 6 | They were placed in a corner clutching over five pounds worth of raffle tickets each . |
| 7 | I felt scared that I would be seen as crazy — that I might even go crazy : that I would begin to see little green men , jump off a tower in the belief I could fly , or just sit in a corner humming ‘ Om ’ . |
| 8 | I mean , if you 're sitting in a pub at night and some guys are showing off in a corner going ‘ Hey , what do you do , dude ’ and you go ‘ Well , I 'm a bobsleigher , actually ’ it tends to shut people up I should imagine , does n't it ? |
| 9 | I never understood why until one morning I saw her in a corner sobbing . |