Example sentences of "chair in the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her husband , who has been ill recently , was hustled off to a chair in the corner . |
| 2 | His large oak chair in the corner was sacred , and the words that he uttered from that privileged seat were truly spoken ex cathedra . |
| 3 | The grandfather , a former soldier in India and retired horseman , had had a leg amputated : ‘ he ended up wi' a stump , so he used to sit in this … old chair in the corner … and nurse Aunt Lillie 's children . ’ |
| 4 | He shut the door quickly behind him and came and sat on the small wooden chair in the corner . |
| 5 | When he was semi-retired he sat on a chair in the corner of the saloon , gossiping away to his customers . |
| 6 | Uncle Bill let out a yell and kicked him away , then he snapped on Captain 's lead and tied him to a chair in the corner of the kitchen . |
| 7 | He took Ellie by her forearm , and marched her down the landing and the painted uncarpeted stairs into the living room , where he sat her in the big chair in the corner . |
| 8 | ‘ Voila ! ’ said Madame from her chair in the corner of the well-curtained booth . |
| 9 | Heads were lolling , one uncle was snuffling in sleep already , from an easy chair in the corner . |
| 10 | Her birthday presents were still piled neatly on the chair in the corner , and her cards stood on the top of the dressing-table . |
| 11 | Helping herself to what looked like a gin and tonic — and was a very strong one , she found when she tasted it — as well as a tiny chicken and mushroom vol-au-vent , she was about to make a beeline for an unoccupied chair in the corner when a stranger spoke beside her . |
| 12 | Alone again , Belinda returned to her original plan and successfully reached the chair in the corner of the room , from which she could quietly observe the other guests without too much fear of attracting attention . |
| 13 | Belinda said hello to one of them , Judy Stack , whom she knew from the nurses ' home , then sat on a rather uncomfortable chair in the corner as Faye was examined by a junior obstetrician . |
| 14 | There was a bright red chair in the corner , though — a soft , comfortable chair with silken cushions — another , smaller , matching one by the bed , and Jenna was quite entranced . |
| 15 | Robert put Hasan on a chair in the corner . |
| 16 | He sat on the wooden chair in the corner and looked at Lambert as if he were a self-confessed criminal . |