Example sentences of "from the [noun sg] corner " in BNC.

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1 The rambler roses in the garden beyond grew along chains which dipped up and down and swung in the wind between six foot high posts , and a row of strangely shaped lumps of yew , grown hugely out of proportion , ran from the north corner of the house .
2 The true story of a major league baseball star who went from the street corner to stardom and then to armed robbery but is saved from destruction by a one in a million chance .
3 She was only dimly aware of the approach of the two boys who were walking swiftly from the street corner .
4 Via Mercanti leads off from the north-west corner of the square .
5 The mixed-farming central area differed from the north-west corner mainly in having rather fewer poor , even on the prime wheatlands of Chelmsford and Ongar hundreds , but , with few men of the richest sort , average wealth was lower , especially towards the north .
6 Like the others he failed from the Centurion corner , so tried to gain entry from the right .
7 The industrial pattern in Northumberland runs from the south-east corner to the north — to the area represented by the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed ( Mr. Beith ) .
8 The Pedestrian count — the results of the count taken from the North-East corner of Old Market Square and up the Mansfield Road , showed a notable drop-off at Bluecoat Street/York House , which means a reduction in people using this route .
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