Example sentences of "[pron] out [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I glimpsed you out of the corner of my eye when I was talking to the porter . ’ |
| 2 | Her face was turned away , as if she had seen something out of the corner of her eye . |
| 3 | Alternatively , he may suddenly see something out of the corner of his eye which makes him jump sideways very quickly , so giving the rider little chance to take avoiding action . |
| 4 | They were all Altun family retainers of long standing — men whose first and only concern would be to protect the interests of the Kha-Khan — and Burun watched them out of the corner of his eye in case it occurred to Nogai to send Sipotai warning . |
| 5 | She saw Nicolo watching them out of the corner of her eye . |
| 6 | He must have sensed that I was looking at him , he suddenly glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes and , still cleaning the mess tin with his finger , he said quietly , ‘ Why are you staring at me like that , Piper ? |
| 7 | She looked up at me out of the corner of her eye and lowered her voice . |
| 8 | The drinks came and Ward sat back , watching me out of the corner of his eye . |
| 9 | I could see him out of the corner of my eye and I thought , I 'm going to stick with him . |
| 10 | I looked at him out of the corner of my eye . |
| 11 | Because when , after seven or eight long seconds of genuine respect , he saw Howard looking at him out of the corner of his eye , he hastily hid the bottle of sherry behind his back and bowed his head . |
| 12 | Gary half-turned , spotted him out of the corner of one eye and began to dig again with great fervour . |
| 13 | She walked a little distance away from him , watching him out of the corner of her eye . |
| 14 | They glanced shyly at him out of the corner of their eyes and giggled , remembering his appeal of the night before . |
| 15 | ‘ Take over , ’ she ordered , watching him out of the corner of her eye . |
| 16 | He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye , wondering if he dare ask for water to help wash the cake down . |
| 17 | I saw her before she saw me , and watched her out of the corner of my eye . |
| 18 | He absently slid his programme nearer to her so that it touched him now , glancing at her out of the corner of his eye . |
| 19 | Tessa and Mrs. Mounce , he knew , were watching her out of the corner of their eyes too , as silent and overawed as he was himself . |
| 20 | You will have heard the phrase ‘ I could see it out of the corner of my eye ’ . |
| 21 | He cleared it of leaves and dragged it out of the corner into which the Friar had stuffed it . |
| 22 | Everywhere she went in the flat , she seemed to catch sight of it out of the corner of her eye . |
| 23 | Chopra saw it out of the corner of his eye . |
| 24 | Well my free kick , he actually got a touch on that as well , he tipped it onto the post for the free kick yes , but I mean even when he bounced out to Mickey Lewis , one of their defenders got a great block from about two yards out to send it out for the corner , which luckily we scored from the corner , so that we got away with it then . |