Example sentences of "the next corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's here that this particular burn springs a surprise , cutting a deep and narrow , zig-zag ravine through rock , beckoning you to explore around the next corner . |
| 2 | It is important however to dispel the ‘ big push ’ theory of change — that all we need is one last great effort to climb the next hill or round the next corner and we shall then arrive in the promised land of milk , honey and stability ! |
| 3 | In the distance he could hear the sound of water dripping and he kept a look out for puddles , holes , fallen beams or any other dangers that might be around the next corner . |
| 4 | Not knowing what lay ahead made him excited and nervous but he could n't help wanting to discover what was behind a door or round the next corner . |
| 5 | They always seemed to be beyond the next corner or in the next room . |
| 6 | The idle flap of the hand again , and round the next corner was another tank , then a third , hull down in the long grass like old dogs sunning themselves on a lazy day . |
| 7 | And by the time he got to the next corner , we 'd be back on the corner . ' |
| 8 | He turned as though suddenly remembering something , returned , passing me again and stopping on the next corner . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just around the next corner . |
| 10 | Something great may just be waiting around the next corner , you know ? |
| 11 | Wearying though the journey had been at the time — even humiliating in respect of his being drawn in a litter — in retrospect it seemed full of excitement , a time when one knew not what would happen next or what lay around the next corner . |
| 12 | He promptly went off at the next corner , punctured and limped the last five miles on a flat . |
| 13 | In Puritan homes in which novels were banned , and in Evangelical homes where they were banned on Sundays , generations of children , often skipping the doctrinal dialogue , have been fascinated and excited to imagine themselves to be Christian and Christiana , never knowing what adventures they will find around the next corner and confident that there will be a happy ending . |
| 14 | ‘ I could be involved in a number of different ways , ’ she continues , ‘ but I can still do it well enough , and you never know what 's around the next corner . |
| 15 | Sharpe had to duck under a low chestnut branch as he turned the next corner to see , five hundred yards ahead of him , the wide village street . |
| 16 | Sobbing with breathlessness he ran on , and — Lord love it ! — a taxi appeared around the next corner , its yellow light announcing its availability . |
| 17 | Lucidly , for instance , he explains how to counteract the ‘ around the next corner ’ syndrome which bugs all painter-travellers ; that will o' the wisp that tempts us all to go on ad infinitum , seeking the ‘ perfect ’ view , leaving us dispirited and fruitless . |
| 18 | Whenever you catch yourself speeding up in a car to get through a red light , deliberately penalize yourself by turning right at the next corner . |
| 19 | You never know what 's hiding round the next corner in Brighton & Hove . |
| 20 | Poldhu Cove was around the next corner . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to see what 's round the next corner . ’ |
| 22 | I kind of wished I 'd sat behind Verity ; I would n't have seen so much of her — not even a hint of that slim , smooth face , frowning in concentration as she barrelled the big black Beemer towards the next corner — but I would n't have been able to see the speedometer , either . |
| 23 | At the next corner he ran away from the woman . |
| 24 | Around the next corner he came to a hairpin bend where the road turned abruptly inland and up hill to Albert Terrace . |
| 25 | Then more feet , the slam of a door , the surge of power as the Rover shot away to look at the next corner . |
| 26 | After the next corner , the road divided , and Sabine took the right-hand fork . |
| 27 | What if the passenger gets out because he is terrified by what is going on and the car crashes at the next corner ? |
| 28 | And from the next corner a couple of minutes later he repeated the dose . |
| 29 | On the other hand , I had to prove it to my own satisfaction and I hailed a cab to the next corner . |
| 30 | She turned the next corner . |