Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | or coming around the corner on his tractor |
| 2 | Cos it people come off the sites or go to the corner shop , do n't cross the road . |
| 3 | Hot rumpy on the beach , with Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster inadvertently heralding the libidinous fury of the rock 'n' roll revolution that lay around the corner . |
| 4 | Even afterwards , when I was a teenager , I paid for my bad timing , coming just too early to enjoy the fun and freedom that waited round the corner . |
| 5 | yeah , I think it 's an organ , and that , that is all in those two recesses , now , you know if I find you know that I do n't get anywhere and I ca n't see that I wo n't , but if , because the bathroom is where the dog is there , of course consequently that comes through the corner of the lounge |
| 6 | You have only to think of the situation in which a mother is terrified of thunder and panics whenever she hears it , rushing to close the curtains and to cower in the corner of the room . |
| 7 | Book Week sets out every year to persuade children that life is not square and sits in the corner with knobs on . |
| 8 | And goes and sits in the corner . |
| 9 | The two hedgers and ditchers were flat out and snoring in the corner pew . |
| 10 | Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was . |
| 11 | She had mastered Eddie 's cycle and came around the corner as though she were taking part in one of the bicycle races which had recently become such a popular spectator sport . |
| 12 | First operation — this included ( a ) floor : bottom , sides ( received from the sawmill in two portions ) ; end bars and crossbars were fixed in position on the underframe , the whole was cramped together and secured by the corner knees . |
| 13 | When it got dark I drove over and parked around the corner . |
| 14 | Proctor gathered the rebound and scored in the corner . |
| 15 | Go and stand in the corner on one leg with your face to the wall ! ’ |
| 16 | I slip across the floor and stand in the corner of the room , so I 'll be away from , but behind , the kitchen door when they open it . |
| 17 | Put on the hat and stand in the corner . |
| 18 | There the typical New Zealand blind-side second-phase move unfolded , the ball moved quickly to Stuart Barnes ; then to Ian Hunter , the fullback , slipping up inside Tony Underwood , flicking past the last defender and scoring in the corner . |
| 19 | ‘ And you 're wrong , ’ he says , getting out of his seat and going to the corner of the room . |
| 20 | Berger watched him for a while , and then he also pulled up the collar of his greatcoat and turned into the corner . |
| 21 | Now dressed in striped cotton with sensible shoes and a cardigan , she stepped into the sunshine and walked round the corner of the house . |
| 22 | The ploy used to succeed for Jonathan Davies but it went horribly wrong for Parry , whose kick rebounded off Boobyer , leaving Proctor , the Llanelli left wing , to collect and score in the corner . |
| 23 | He switched on his torch and stepped round the corner . |
| 24 | I watched his shaking shoulders go out of the gate and disappear round the corner . |
| 25 | A massive , antiquated fan whirred and clattered in the corner of the office , turning on its metal stem , examining them one by one . |
| 26 | In these days of digital technology and modular electronics , it 's hard to know where to turn when your blue-speaker AC30 begins to issue smoke , your Copicat starts munching recording tape or your beloved Marshall JTM45 just sits and coughs in the corner . |
| 27 | He took a deep breath , primed the fuse , and leapt around the corner , arm raised . |
| 28 | Five minutes after the restart Pepper broke from a maul on the 22-metre line and dashed to the corner to score . |
| 29 | Speed played well , Dorigo looked like he was on drugs the way he was running around — at one point Breacker ( Headless chicken ) was thinking he had got past Dorigo/Speed and running towards the corner flag — Dorigo went into overdrive and caught him within 3 strides from a standing start ! ! |
| 30 | After a moment , she crept out of her room and looked round the corner of the landing , down the stairs . |