Example sentences of "from the corner of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With her little finger she flicked melted lipstick from the corners of her mouth , then dabbed at her nose and cheeks with a small powder-puff . |
| 2 | In the blocks , I thought , a sort of interior fog will be creeping out from the corners of the ceilings and under the beds . |
| 3 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 4 | A distinction needs to be drawn , however , with stones used to keep vehicles away from the corners of buildings . |
| 5 | Between the ages of 25 and 30 most of us start to notice lines radiating out from the corners of our eyes . |
| 6 | In the coffee , on our hands , edging forward from the corners of the room . |
| 7 | All these narrow strokes were done from the corners of the pastel sticks . |
| 8 | Tramps slept there à la corde , standing , their arms hooked over a rope slung from the corners of the room . |
| 9 | The make-up did a terrific job , but could n't get rid of the two deep creases that ran from the corners of her mouth to her jawline , or the network of lines on her brow . |
| 10 | Rainwater and petrol gushed from the corners of its mouth . |
| 11 | A sticky , pus-like fluid dribbled from the corners of both his eyes . |
| 12 | He stood looking at Fael-Inis from the corners of his eyes , like a trapped hare . |
| 13 | Could he not deliver just one of them , he had asked , looking at Goibniu slyly from the corners of his eyes . |
| 14 | His eyes were round and staring , and a thin , bloodied foam seeped from the corners of his distorted lips . |
| 15 | She could see the dark gold lashes feathering his broad cheekbones , and the tiny lines radiating out from the corners of his eyes . |
| 16 | And each cough that forced its way past his throat brought with it more of the bright frothy blood , which dribbled from the corners of his mouth faster than his red-soaked handkerchief could mop it up . |
| 17 | Killion watched from the corners of his eyes . |
| 18 | Tears trickled from the corners of her eyes , and she knuckled them away fiercely . |
| 19 | At Hyde Park Corner a tiny youngish man was followed onto the train by a large stocky man a sadistic smirk emerging from the corners of his mouth . |
| 20 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 21 | The door was eventually opened by a scowling man , cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth , towel around his waist , shaving soap on his face and a razor in his hand , getting ready for his night shift . |
| 22 | Turning the eye reveals a different view through the cubic grid ; the three point geometry is based upon a pyramid sliced from the corner of a cube . |
| 23 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 24 | Martha , mesmerised by her friend 's ordeal and grateful to feel the guilt of her attack on Nana ebb away in this greater crisis , watched silently from the corner of the tiny room . |
| 25 | From the corner of my eye I see Walter return and realise with a start that the person accompanying him enswathed in a black bournous is Marianne . |
| 26 | Oscar was crouched over his wheel , his dead cigarette hung from the corner of his thin mouth . |
| 27 | Then , pulling herself upright , she moved across the little sitting room and to the stairs that went straight up from the corner of the room . |
| 28 | I heard the word ‘ Engländer ’ and saw from the corner of my eye that they were looking at me . |
| 29 | The window had , during the summer months , more than its fair share of flies , whilst the proprietor was never to be seen in the shop without a flat black cap on his head and cigarette end dangling from the corner of his mouth . |
| 30 | How do you get from the corner of 168th St. and Fifth Avenue to 184th and First ? |