Example sentences of "over [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when people gather round the manger with wonder and puzzlement , I 'm over in the corner looking at the cows . |
| 2 | Over in the corner behind a gigantic desk sat this old bird who looked as though she had been there since Marie Stopes was pre-pubescent . |
| 3 | Over in the corner of the sizable room an electronic organ was giving out Moon River , the player a young , prematurely bald man , with sweat standing out on the smooth , polished face and head . |
| 4 | Then listen to the guitar of Ruth Morris , bellowing over in the corner like a love-lorn brontosaurus . |
| 5 | A fabulous movement involving Jones , Barnes , Ian Smith , Carling , Scott Gibbs and Mike Rayer finished with Hunter scorching over in the corner . |
| 6 | And , four minutes later , Ropati 's Test colleague , pacy prop George Mann , brushed aside a couple of tackles to put Gary Connolly over in the corner . |
| 7 | Maldon were met with stiffer resistance in the second half and did not score for 20 minutes , until scrum-half Willcocks dived over in the corner . |
| 8 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 9 | Over in the corner , by the window , was an elderly man with a white beard , wearing what looked like a cut-down fez . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's it , stood over in the corner . ’ |
| 11 | DS Shaw 's computer , over in the corner , blank-faced and brooding , was being well fed on a mixed diet . |
| 12 | ‘ If you look over in the corner , there 's a little ante-room with a single bed — intended , so I believe , to accommodate a child . ’ |
| 13 | The match had a thrilling finale when , with Kendal leading 13–7 and only seconds to go , Greg Young went over in the corner and Andy Craggs kicked the conversion to share the honours . |
| 14 | Labit and Sebastian Morizot were backing up and , when the sortie was checked , the ball was flipped out to Laurent Arbo who went over in the corner . |
| 15 | Well over there there 's a , there 's a er , antirrhinum growing right over in the corner there , at the back . |
| 16 | Stick it over in the corner . |
| 17 | The first ones ran straight over to the corner of the roof , saw the drop and veered back , colliding with the others still pouring up the staircase . |
| 18 | Curtius took his drink and carried it over to the corner . |
| 19 | I looked over to the corner where a pretty girl with long brown hair and freckles was sitting . |
| 20 | Bernice moved purposefully over to the corner of the passenger section where their meagre supplies were stored . |
| 21 | She hesitated , her eyes showing a momentary unease , then she did as she was told , walking over to the corner where he had indicated . |
| 22 | The barmaid took the money wordlessly and Dexter swaggered over to the corner where Blanche was sitting . |
| 23 | While the rest of the group stood around the microphone Eva was invited to move over to the corner . |
| 24 | He went over to the corner by the fireplace and took the rope in his hand . |
| 25 | Twoflower padded over to the corner , poking gingerly at the stones in case there was a secret panel . |
| 26 | And Lyon settled the issue in the 72nd minute when he crashed over at the corner for the match-clinching try . |
| 27 | The try came after good work by Gordon Lawrie and then a blindside move featuring Mike Allingham and Andy McRobbie which allowed Russell Adam to go over at the corner . |