Example sentences of "[is] around the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the main roads are in good condition , but driving can be very tiring as there are many bends , and most of the roads are built onto the mountainside with deep ravines dropping away below , and you never quite know what 's around the corner — be it a bus straddling the centre of the road to take a corner or a group of children playing football in the road . |
| 2 | But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner . |
| 3 | She explained : ‘ In a series you never know what is around the corner because the lines develop from episode to episode . |
| 4 | Wagamama is around the corner from the British Museum , through a discreet glass door , past a sand-filled ashtray and down some stairs to a big white basement with a shiny open kitchen at one end . |
| 5 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
| 6 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
| 7 | Some say a new era of enlightenment is around the corner , some say that consciousness is quietly entering the mainstream , while others see a grim world of confusion and chaos ( not chaos theory but just plain chaos ) . |
| 8 | " The house is around the corner . |
| 9 | The positioning of the rose bed acts as a pivot to the design and also partially breaks the sight line , adding a degree of mystery as one wonders just what is around the corner . |