Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to reach down her fleecy cream jacket from the stand in the corner and held it out for her . |
| 2 | Then a woman in the street — the Via Monserato , between the Tiber and the Farnese Square , they talked about it so much , Mena and my grandmother , when I was little , I think they talked about it every day : Il Quartiere Papale , it does have a magnificent sound , has n't it ? and so much of it a slum ; the rich live above on the piani nobili , the ground floors and cellars are rented out to artisans ; my mother , who was brought up in those streets , says to know them you must have breathed the air in the evenings when the wine-shops are full and they are lighting charcoal braziers on the pavements ; she says I will go one day , but I think I know already — well , a woman in Mena 's street who sold salad greens knew the cook who worked for Anna and the prince round the corner and Mena was given things to do in the kitchen . |
| 3 | A shallow corner in the arête offers a more direct 5c start , and for the technically proficient the hairline crack running straight into the base of the corner can be climbed at 6a . |
| 4 | At first Roger , warmed by his work , confidence boosted by a bombproof hex in the base of the corner , was still looking optimistically to the crux , and seemed surprised by my shaken croaks of retreat . |
| 5 | The rider does n't just lean the bike into the corner — he knocks the machine on to its side , pushing heavily on the right handlebar to turn the front wheel to the left and drop the machine to the right . |
| 6 | With the bike into the corner and turned , the rider is thinking of one thing only from now on — getting on to the throttle as soon as possible . |
| 7 | ‘ Some of the lads just chuck the bike in the corner from one meeting to the next , others treat them like it was a grand prix . |
| 8 | But Mr Watson said that Mr Ross saw the briefcase from the corner of his eye and did not see Mr Garvey . |
| 9 | Or it could be the computer in the corner that keeps us awake . |
| 10 | The small tree on the pedestal in the corner has been decorated with white fairy lights and satin bows |
| 11 | When she could stand it no longer , she flung back the bedclothes and crossed to the washbasin in the corner of the room , splashing her face with cold water . |
| 12 | In many ways the yacht suited him well enough , but there were a few details that niggled — like the way a lump of green water lifting onto the weather side deck and running aft almost invariably hit the rail at the corner of the transom and slopped over the coaming to soak his trousers . |
| 13 | His own trade included the quick memorising of landscape and cityscape and at one corner there was an L-shaped alley that cut off the building on the corner itself giving an alternative route to making a left turn on the streets . |
| 14 | One floor of the building at the corner of Smithdown Road and Garmoyle Road was completely gutted . |
| 15 | Residents were worried that adaptations to the building at the corner of Bow Street and Princes Road meant it was to be used as a morgue . |
| 16 | The badge in the corner is moulded with two portraits and inscribed Frances Foucault , Hundio Submarino , Hydravion Lohner Austria 1916 , for what purpose was it made and who was Foucault ? |
| 17 | The men saw the blood at the corner of his mouth . |
| 18 | They had thrown the bear into the corner of the room . |
| 19 | But if she could n't have another baby the newsagent on the corner wanted someone in the mornings . |
| 20 | Now Rhoda had stopped work she would go down to the newsagent on the corner for her cigarettes at the same time every morning , each day a little lighter on her feet . |
| 21 | no , about three month 's , just decided to run then the cafe on the corner to cof coffee cavern , well you , you can drop in have a , like you used to have in |
| 22 | As well as Lewis and Barnett there was Christine , Barnett 's secretary , who had a voice as hard as her nail varnish , and who made Tim run errands for her , fetching bacon rolls from the cafe at the corner , buying stamps or pints of milk . |
| 23 | And erm you used to cut it into the basket in the corner . |
| 24 | Everyone put their lunch into the basket in the corner and in this first class there used to be a a sandpit and I remember we we had very big cards , well I say very big about six inches long by three inches wide . |
| 25 | He saw the ice at the corner of the window panes , the hard blueness of the sky was not a summer colour . |
| 26 | So where does that leave a privatised Post Office , particularly with its range of fancy commemorative stamps aimed at the philatelic market , each with its tiny silhouette of the Queen in the corner ? |
| 27 | A drunk sat on the step of the pub on the corner , his head in his hands . |
| 28 | ‘ But I believe the pub on the corner 's quite good . ’ |
| 29 | Meet you at the pub on the corner , at nine ? ’ |
| 30 | When Peter Hickton was finally persuaded to stop for the day , at about seven , Charles Paris walked with the author to the pub round the corner . |