Example sentences of "[pers pn] turn the corner [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned the corner into Bank Street , pounded down it just missing two lamp-posts , took a sharp left into Adam Smith Street and came to McGarvie 's garage . |
| 2 | As she turned the corner into Perry Street her heart began to pound . |
| 3 | Still , she said as she turned the corner of the High Street . |
| 4 | This was the very thought in her head as she turned the corner of the corridor and back into the waiting room and saw the weeping figure of a woman hunched over and hugging herself with grief . |
| 5 | One of the stairs cracked sharply beneath her foot ; she heard the front door of one of the ground-floor flats open behind her , and as she turned the corner of the staircase she caught a glimpse of a single eye and a draggle of grey hair at the crack . |
| 6 | She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke . |
| 7 | You are happily filling your basket with the week 's groceries when you turn the corner into the next aisle and suddenly you see a roaring lion , its teeth glistening , open-mouthed and heading straight for you . |
| 8 | As you turn the corner towards the church of St Mary , which was enthusiastically restored in the picturesque style during the nineteenth century , you are bowled over by the beauty of this grandest of farms . |
| 9 | They turned the corner into the street where Gabriel lived ; she had a tiny flat . |
| 10 | They turned the corner of the house and saw what looked like an outbuilding , only rather a smart one , painted white and with a tub of nasturtiums outside the open front door . |
| 11 | ‘ God that man 's a nuisance , ’ Fiona said , as they turned the corner in the drive and the lights of the castle came into view against the coal-dark night . |
| 12 | Rushing down the staircase , he turned the corner to the store-room which was fitted with a safety lock requiring four turns of the key . |
| 13 | In the city one morning , as he turned the corner of the street into the shade of the acacias on the main boulevard , a woman ran out and plucked him by the sleeve , pulled him into a doorway and snatched his hand to kiss it . |
| 14 | And then he was gone down the stairs , running lightly , for all his limp , and the last which she saw of him was the sandy-blond head before he turned the corner of the first landing . |
| 15 | As he turned the corner into Bridgefoot Street he stopped , daunted by the steep slope before him . |
| 16 | Half a minute later , as he turned the corner into Oxford Street , he was blown off his feet by the explosion just yards from his cab . |
| 17 | Sign of the times , he thought , as he turned the corner into Church Row . |
| 18 | But he turned the corner by finishing 23rd in Valencia and 25th in Majorca last week . |