Example sentences of "in every corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | On our own Stock Exchange the shares of Deutsche Bank , with its tentacles in every corner of Euro-business , have doubled this year and climbed more than 10 per cent in one trading day this week . |
| 2 | Mrs Pygling sent her in to spy on Jane and she prowled about with a cordless telephone , through which she had to talk very loud , so that her cracked voice and cackling laugh could be heard in every corner of the estate . |
| 3 | Their mother had been forever running after her with a pencil box or an exercise book or a threepenny piece for church collection , and the maid had turned up a lost doll , a coin , a glove in every corner . |
| 4 | You must know your soil intimately in every corner of every field and at every stage of its structure through the seasons . |
| 5 | Gracie Fields had a tremendous faculty of projection , perhaps stemming from her old Music Hall days , and she never needed a microphone for her ringing voice ; either belting out ‘ Its the Biggest Aspidistra in the World ’ , or singing gently ‘ Sally ’ , each syllable was heard in every corner of the huge auditorium . |
| 6 | Now in every corner , wherever she looked , the ghosts of the past seemed to be congregating to mock her until she felt sure she must be going mad . |
| 7 | She got no further than the hall and Ellen 's answer could have been heard in every corner of the house : ‘ None ! ’ |
| 8 | To confirm her assertion that there are radicals and revolutionaries in every corner of contemporary social life who are campaigning to overthrow the ‘ traditional ’ moral order , Mrs Whitehouse reels off a formidable list of ‘ folk devils ’ . |
| 9 | These days , British stamps are collected in every corner of the world . |
| 10 | So the two servants slept in my room , while I lay awake all night , trembling with fear , and eyes wide open in horror , imagining ghosts in every corner . |
| 11 | They existed , too , somewhere , seeking him out in every corner , and if they ever found him they would surely drag him back to the terror from which he looked forward to escaping , finally and permanently , soon . |
| 12 | I held up the light and looked in every corner of the room . |
| 13 | The sun shone , the birds sang , and in every corner of the garden there was something interesting to look at . |
| 14 | Professor Vo Quy is greeted warmly not only in his native village but also in every corner of Vietnam , where he is hailed as the architect of Vietnam 's regreening programme and a mentor who has inspired thousands of students , colleagues and high government representatives to become conservationists . |
| 15 | We have made visits to actuarial societies in every corner of the globe and received many overseas visitors and we were struck by the similarity of the issues we face . |
| 16 | The air dinned with the cries of the apprentices , the roar of the crowd , the curses of carpenters , whilst in every corner hawkers and tinkers shouted their wares . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman can be absolutely certain that we agree that the measures proposed by Mr. MacSharry are to the detriment of his farmers and farmers in every corner of the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | Labour Members like the idea that one can formulate the blueprint in Brussels and hand it down to be followed in every corner of the Community . |
| 19 | That influence , far from being confined to the former graveyard of St Giles ' , has spread and is spreading in every corner of the world . |
| 20 | He expressed gratitude to " the millions of my compatriots and those in every corner of the globe who have campaigned tirelessly for my release " . |
| 21 | There 's something under threat in every corner of the globe and the programme sets out to list what 's dying out where . |