Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [art] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we stepped into a side road , a car roared round the corner , its tyres screeching , and almost wiped both of us into oblivion . |
| 2 | Yes , course there 's always a car parked on the corner is n't it ? . |
| 3 | There 's always a car parked on the corner |
| 4 | Just then , a car came round the corner and flattened the poor moggy . |
| 5 | He stopped to relieve himself into the roadside bushes and almost lost his balance as a car screeched round the corner in a clatter of gravel . |
| 6 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |
| 7 | So when a shotgun propped in a corner is mentioned it seems " stock response " to assume it to be an expected item of a countryman 's equipment and consequently of no significance . |
| 8 | More blood appeared in the corner of his mouth . |
| 9 | She had sprinted over the drive and was halfway across the stone-flagged terrace when a figure appeared around the corner of the house . |
| 10 | Kicking at pine cones on the path , Mungo was halfway to the top of the slope when a slight figure appeared round the corner of the station entrance . |
| 11 | They heard heavy breathing and a figure appeared round the corner , clothed in the grey garb of Godstowe Priory . |
| 12 | She shivered as a stray gust of wind whistled around the corner of a side-street , averting her eyes from the shadows cast by the encroaching house frontages . |
| 13 | His mouth twitched at the corner . |
| 14 | His mouth twitched at the corner . |
| 15 | The shadows of a mouse projected upon the wall in such a way could make us believe a monster lurked around the corner . |
| 16 | His cheek was cut and a faint dribble of blood ran towards the corner of his mouth . |
| 17 | The first blow came from a corner and a flying header by Dave Higgins . |
| 18 | His ice-blue gaze darted into every corner of the room . |
| 19 | The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him . |
| 20 | And he 'd got round the corner , ready to go down to the rest of the stairs which went down , and then at the bottom turned round the corner again . |
| 21 | They could hear the sound of music coming nearer , and everyone turned as a silver band came round the corner into the main dusty street , men dressed in grey trousers and pink shirts , their instruments glistening in the morning sun . |
| 22 | He said the driver may not even have realised that he had struck the schoolboy , who was walking from his home in Scarisbrick Drive , Norris Green , to Queen Mary Comprehensive , in nearby Long Lane , when the accident happened at the corner of Parthenon Drive and Walton Hall Avenue . |
| 23 | The accident happened at the corner of Parthenon Drive and Walton Hall Avenue yesterday . |
| 24 | The economic crisis reached into every corner of city life . |
| 25 | One meeting of particular significance was with a young dissenting bookseller called Joseph Cottle , whose shop stood at the corner of Corn Street and High Street , a few yards from Southey 's birthplace . |
| 26 | Striker Jim Gardiner , who had been foiled of an opener in the 13th minute deflected for a corner by defender Ken Cairns , got well on target at his second clear attempt . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , whether she indulged in a spot of matchmaking or not , when we got inside that barn I could n't keep my hands off you , ’ Vitor said , and a smile appeared in the corner of his mouth . |
| 28 | The dark shape of the yew silhouetted against the corner of the window was quite clear . |
| 29 | The only oddities were the ( apparently quite normal ) clouds of smoke exuded by the Marbore IIs on shut-down and the speed with which the fuel bowser zoomed around the corner to refill our tanks . |
| 30 | She breathed in to say something , but her father came round the corner of the stage . |