Example sentences of "at the corner " in BNC.

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1 They parted at the corner of St Martin 's Lane and Gillian made her way home on her own .
2 From an extensive range at the Stiftungs brewery tap ( built in 1698 , reconstructed in 1816 , at the corner of Haager and Munchen streets ) , I greatly enjoyed the Weisse ( good clove character ) ; the Dunkelweizen ( dates ? anise ?
3 About a hundred and fifty yards away I could just make out three figures crossing at the corner of the field and approaching the road in our direction .
4 We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement .
5 I entered the barn at the corner of the farmyard .
6 Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man , yet murder men everywhere they find them , at the corner of every one of their own streets , in all corners of the globe .
7 She hesitated at the corner , reluctant almost to discover that she was now , as of this moment , completely lost in the world , and for the first time she asked herself clearly why she had decided to come here .
8 On late Saturday afternoons , at the corner the kerb is covered with men who stand with their backs to the light , intently reading in a pink newspaper full of poetical reporting and results ‘ noted an observer of Glasgow in 1901 .
9 ‘ That the accident at the corner of … resolved … culprit apprehended … said Herr Nordern cleared of all suspicion … and etc. , and etc. , and etc. , And that 's that , ’ Marx said unemotionally as he folded the form and slid it back into the envelope .
10 He halted at the corner of Unter den Linden and Grotewohlstrasse .
11 By a strange twist of fate , the first Chilean to welcome Valenzuela to his new home in France was Castro , a ‘ Mirista ’ who was captured in broad daylight and stripped to his underwear back in December 1974 , while Valenzuela stood guard at the corner .
12 We talked in front of the Coastal Bank of Georgia , at the corner of Newcastle and Gloucester .
13 Mark stood for a few moments at the corner of Parliament Street and Bridge Street .
14 Back at the corner plot , the imaginary Seniors are delighted that Carole has had the gigantic poplar at the back removed .
15 In the town , slates and bin-lids took flight and at the corner of Maxstone Villas , a rheumy old man , blue chinned , bent his back against the blast .
16 Young winger Kenyon took his chance well to beat Hunte at the corner for Warrington 's opening try and hooker Duane Mann made the Saints defence look foolish with a cunning kick through the ruck for Jackson to pounce .
17 Mercer used his pace in the second half to get in at the corner after Harmon 's effort and Forster scored after a quick-witted kick by Turner , who also kicked five goals .
18 The Chelsea China Factory , established at the corner of Justice Walk in 1745 , under the efficient management of a Mr Sprimont provided yet further scenes of energetic business .
19 For example the Oak at the corner of the restaurant is thought to be more than 600 years old .
20 The secret is not to get too greedy and try to knock off large pieces : aim to knock out the back of the tile at the corner , which weakens the front , and then gently hammer the front , a bit at a time .
21 At the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet to the consecration of the Duomo by San Carlo Borromeo on 20 October 1577 .
22 The Palazzo Melzi di Cusano is at the corner of the Via San Spirito in which stands the Palazzo Bagatti-Valsecchi , soon to be another of Milan 's fine series of museums .
23 A few men appeared at the corner of the union building , on their faces a blend of caution and apathy .
24 At the corner the House at the Minute has sgraffiato from the 17C .
25 Thrush Green was sorry to hear that he had never been married , had been married unhappily and was now separated from his wife , had been happily married and lost his wife in childbirth , and ( disastrously ) still married , with a wife who would be coming to live with him at the corner house within a few days .
26 At the corner of Wealdlake Road , four streets north of Wimbledon station , was the ideal place .
27 She sat with Nellie and Brigid Drennan , Tommy 's wife , at the corner table and never said much the whole night .
28 ‘ Lloyd George is right ! ’ he yelled from his cart at the corner of the Main Street .
29 Oriel Chambers , at the corner of Water Street and Covent Garden , is , according to Sir Nikolaus Pevsner , ‘ one of the most remarkable buildings of its date in Europe ’ .
30 One meeting of particular significance was with a young dissenting bookseller called Joseph Cottle , whose shop stood at the corner of Corn Street and High Street , a few yards from Southey 's birthplace .
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