Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [prep] the corner " in BNC.

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1 A horse will pull all the more against a bit which causes him pain or if his mouth is split in the corner even though pulling makes it worse .
2 But even more of a reprieve was lurking round the corner .
3 Eventually , in 1892 , a new site was offered at the corner of Osborne Park , and a new church , the present one , built there .
4 Four point charges of equal magnitude are located at the corners of a square as shown in Fig. 2.42 .
5 One man was whimpering in the corner and two others were playing a bizarre version of dominoes , in which none of the numbers matched .
6 The pick-up truck being screeched round the corner by a masterful hero , the soft drink sipped by the teenage lead actress — both products paid good money to be there .
7 The Trunchbull was in such a rage that her face had taken on a boiled colour and little flecks of froth were gathering at the corners of her mouth .
8 A regulator 's box was erected on the corner of Croydon Road and Elmers End Road opposite the Robin Hood , in the front garden of No. 103 Croydon Road in accordance with an Agreement reached with Mr. S. G. Gee , the owner of the property , on 16 May 1918 , for £5 per annum .
9 The third and final Premonition was situated on the corner of the castle walk .
10 The nervous little mare had seemed unaccountably quieter , and the straw was flattened in the corner .
11 The ramp is moved around the corner of the sports centre into perpetual shade .
12 THE TV was blaring in the corner , displaying EastEnders in black and white .
13 The brown canvas delivery sack was hidden around the corner on a stone shelf , several inches above the rotten humus that blocked the culvert .
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