Example sentences of "stand in the corner " in BNC.

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1 The rowan tree ( Sorbus aucuparia ) or in Gaelic , which stands in the corner of the kitchen garden or just beyond the house or byre , has protected the home , the family and the cattle from witches and fairies for centuries , and has endured after many a homestead has been deserted .
2 Henry stands in the corner , too expectant to be rude .
3 An echo : Once in fourth grade , he was sent to stand in the corner , next to the blackboard ; whilst there , he powdered his face with white chalk and when he turned around he was a clown , beaming a smile at the class like The Joker in Batman .
4 ‘ You get any closer to him , my lass , and he 'll have to stand in the corner till he cools down , ’ said Werewolf , draining the last of his wine .
5 Go and stand in the corner on one leg with your face to the wall ! ’
6 I slip across the floor and stand in the corner of the room , so I 'll be away from , but behind , the kitchen door when they open it .
7 Put on the hat and stand in the corner .
8 They had suddenly pulled up his breeches and made him stand in the corner .
9 ‘ Yes , all right , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I 'll go and stand in the corner in a minute . ’
10 I 'll go and stand in the corner I think for being naughty .
11 In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them .
12 Already his mouth was watering at the prospect of sinking his teeth into a thick slice of bread liberally spread with best butter and sprinkled with sugar from one of the big sacks standing in the corner .
13 To have one standing in the corner of every room in the house is a tremendous help to an old person who can not bend ; although , of course , one will suffice , as it can be carried from one room to another when it is needed .
14 The father took a golf-club that was standing in the corner .
15 It was the night of the school disco and a group of parents were standing in the corner as the kids enjoyed themselves on the dance floor .
16 Beyond him , she caught sight of something standing in the corner .
17 Perhaps here and there the old man would have found some evidences of the former world : the windmill of his younger days still standing in the corner of a new field , though now derelict and forlorn , or the traces of the former strips in the ridge-and-furrow of the new pastures , but not much else .
18 The music came from a little hut on wheels , standing in the corner of a field .
19 He turned to a tall woman , who was standing in the corner .
20 All the while she had been talking , she had been moving little by little to one side , her movements casual , and when she was exactly where she wanted to be she reached out and grasped , lifted , and swiftly jabbed the pitchfork that had been standing in the corner of the stall .
21 There was a figure standing in the corner by an open window .
22 The feelings may be imagined of the pupil who rashly let fall a slighting reference to Sohrab and Rustum , to be answered by Lewis 's brandishing an old regimental sword of his brother 's which stood in the corner of his room and shouting , ‘ The sword must settle this ! ’
23 Bobby Gillespie was right when he told me , ‘ I used to go stand where all the young kids stood in the corner .
24 When Carco called to see the paintings Zborowski ran to buy a candle , stuck it into the neck of a bottle , then showed Carco into a narrow , unfurnished room where a stack of Modigliani 's canvases stood in the corner .
25 It stood in the corner of a small field , larger and more impressive than any I 'd yet seen .
26 The stool stood in the corner to the left of the window and the chair diagonally opposite it .
27 He stood in the corner of the kitchen , hanging his head and peeping through his fingers .
28 Kopyion stood in the corner of the room , away from the light .
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