Example sentences of "sit [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last people were going to see the real Dorothy , the real live woman behind that starchy old madam who 'd sat in the corner for all those years , hiding from the world in general . |
| 2 | You need an awful lot of persuading to get doctors to start to use a new medicine and a classic example was of the treatment of depression , where the pharmaceutical manufacturers started to produce tablets which were very effective in stopping depression , not just feeling a bit blue but actual serious clinical depression where the person 's sat in the corner and stared at the wall and did nothing — I mean really serious depression — doctors took a long time to realize that there was an effective treatment for that and to start to prescribe it , and in fact actually doctors in Britain are rather good in that we prescribe many more effective treatments for depression , we diagnose it more often , and this we believe in our office that this is one of the reasons why the suicide rate has gone down in Britain quite dramatically in the last few years , because depression , which is obviously one of the main causes of suicide , is being effectively treated . |
| 3 | It is also a pleasure for a nation of country lovers to escape from what is in danger of becoming a land of theme parks and golf courses , to a place in which the earth is actually used for growing things and where the workers have n't been reduced to the statutory rustic who sits in the corner of the saloon bar entertaining the merchant bankers . |
| 4 | Book Week sets out every year to persuade children that life is not square and sits in the corner with knobs on . |
| 5 | The television sits in the corner and leaks unsavoury glimpses of what 's really happening on to the faded carpets , and they hate it . |
| 6 | Jim says we 'll get an electric one because you do n't want a new thing sitting in there and erm it sits in the corner cos I have no room in my units for it . |
| 7 | And goes and sits in the corner . |
| 8 | Her husband only had one leg , and he used to sit in the corner all the time and wave his stick at you if he thought you were pinching anything . |
| 9 | Five guitar cases sit in the corner of the room , betraying his affection for — and expertise in producing — guitar-orientated groups . |
| 10 | ‘ They always sit in the corner . |
| 11 | The chairs now sit in the corner of a bedroom by a window , bringing a touch of Continental elegance to an otherwise very English interior . |
| 12 | Abigail lay on her side , well tucked in , the teddy bear she was too young for sitting in the corner by her feet . |
| 13 | As she walked into the Percy Bar the sight of her youngest son sitting in the corner raised Constance 's spirits . |
| 14 | But equally there 's no point sitting in the corner with a handkerchief stuffed in your mouth . |
| 15 | I attended the medical centre for my test and stood in my underpants for an hour in a shiny-clean waiting room with yellow walls and a kitten sitting in the corner . |
| 16 | A tall dark man , sitting in the corner , watched Mr Bumble while he drank . |
| 17 | It had been half sitting in the corner , now it seemed to crouch , as if ready to spring forward . |
| 18 | When he got back into the kitchen the cat , finally courageous in its search for food , was sitting in the corner . |
| 19 | I could n't see the woman sitting in the corner of the window-seat . |
| 20 | One of the rats is just sitting in the corner and I wonder if maybe it 's smart enough to be depressed . |
| 21 | In the office , after lunch , they started again , Ilse sitting in the corner taking notes . |
| 22 | Can I say also a particular thank you to the unsung heroes sitting in the corner here . |
| 23 | So I decided to take them outside for a breath of fresh air , ’ she added , turning her worried blue eyes in mute appeal to the uniformed policewoman sitting in the corner of the room . |
| 24 | A man goes in the pub , there 's a bear sitting in the corner . |
| 25 | He is sitting on the corner of the big table in the kitchen , nodding his head and nibbling a dry biscuit , as Shirley Esplin , the flautist , explains about her work to him . |
| 26 | alcove and there was one in the one far corner and sitting on the corner together , they were holding hands going every so often he hears . |
| 27 | Erm my mother , we were a little bit better off than they were and er I remember going to a child with my mother , to see what would be my aunt you see and uncle , and the only time I ever remember seeing my aunt with eleven children was sitting at the corner of a table with a sort of a coarse apron on and just sitting there and I never saw her doing anything . |
| 28 | ( They 're sitting at the corner of a teashop table , say . ) |
| 29 | When she went to the dining-room she was disappointed to find only Matt sitting at the corner table , while of Silas there was no sign . |
| 30 | It is useful to sit at the corner of a small table ( a card table is excellent ) whilst your discussion partner sits at the opposite comer — ensuring a one-to-one contact and leaving space between you . |