Example sentences of "[verb] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | It provides an ample working area and has corner fasteners to lift the edges , and help to prevent spills . |
| 2 | You can buy corner pieces or special flat screws at most art shops . |
| 3 | A carelessly conceded corner found its way to the defender but the execution had nothing to do with Irvine 's height and power in the air . |
| 4 | 1.6–1.8kg ( 3½ — 4 lb ) precooked corner gammon joint |
| 5 | Eventually drop steeply to reach corner of the road |
| 6 | Barbel Corner gave chub , bream and smaller species . |
| 7 | It turned out to contain an unseen , jutting corner of the building , and as my shins crashed into it I barely managed to stifle my cry of pain . |
| 8 | The first pitch of Pilier des Formis ( 5c ) is a good , steep bridging and jamming corner . |
| 9 | Some years ago in some far flung corner of the British Empire ( well , King 's Lynn to be exact ) , I blew a head gasket on my Range Rover . |
| 10 | At y e lower Corner of Fleet lane at y e Sign of ye Naked Boy & Coffin you may be Accomodated w th all things for a Funeral as well y e meanest as those of greater Ability upon Reasonable Terms more particularly Coffins Shrouds Palls Cloaks Sconces Stans Hangings for Rooms Heraldry Hearse & Coaches Gloves w th all other things not mentioned by W m . |
| 11 | The general massing and arrangement of the building , with steeply roofed corner pavilions and a high central portion , crowned by a turret between two further pavilions , although taller , owed much to Godde and Lesueur 's extension to the Paris Hôtel de Ville of 1837–49 . |
| 12 | In both designs he brought to the Restoration house an unexpected elegance of arrangement , combining corner suites in the French manner , comprising bedchamber and closets , the suites linked with each other by corridors , with grand , formal staircases , to achieve a synthesis premonitory of the great houses of the eighteenth century . |
| 13 | The title deeds of 1840 show that with the Black Boy there was land known as " The Commons , Stackfield , Haggles , Brickmans field , Crouch Corner and Meadows " . |
| 14 | For the next three hours I witness a surreal nightmare of racing fire engines , caravans of police cars with blue and red lights flashing , a few looting bands , but mostly residents in bathrobes and curlers , gathered in silence to watch corner markets go up in smoke . |
| 15 | On reaching corner of hedge , right of way proceeds quarter left , aiming for left-hand side of small conifer plantation just in front of which cross footbridge and proceed to left of plantation to pick up track leading uphill to village of Bag Enderby ( a ) . |
| 16 | Three perfectly placed corner kicks in the first 15 minutes had the Swindon goalkeeper , Digby , throwing more punches than a boxer as he beat out volleys , headers and rebounds , and his defenders helped clear off the line . |
| 17 | The two bodies labelled A and B in Fig. 2.3 carry corner cube mirrors C A A and C B while B also carried a beam splitter S. These optical components are used as elements of a Michelson interferometer ; the source is a stabilized He-Ne laser and the detector is a p-i-n photodiode . |
| 18 | The Swindon goalkeeper , Digby , was forced into throwing more punches than a boxer in his efforts to clear headers , shots and volleys from expertly delivered corner kicks by Comstive on the right . |
| 19 | It is important though to have corner blocks , and these I make in the time it takes for my tea to go cold . |
| 20 | We won corner afer corner but failed to make anything of them . |
| 21 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 22 | He said I bet it 's that that 's been , oh and then it jumped down and ran corner at g where ch caravan is , he said I bet that 's what 's been eating your bloody daffodil bulbs and that . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's the worst part of it — now he 'll be showing us how to take corner kicks and how to score goals ! ’ |
| 24 | Where are you , when it 's gon na be , he said corner , then we 'll make an office and a little canteen in that anyway . |
| 25 | This they got with ten minutes left , David Boxall heading home powerfully from another Eames corner . |