Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time , as she looked up , specks of gritty plaster landed in her eyes and , putting her broom down for a moment , she dabbed them with the corner of her shawl . |
| 2 | Roxie drew herself into the corner as if she wanted to get as far away from them as she could . |
| 3 | It 'll slide on ca I mean I moved it into the corner so that erm |
| 4 | They found it on the corner of Bread Street , a narrow , two-storeyed tenement with a shop below and living quarters above . |
| 5 | He had noticed the same man several times during the day , culminating about 5.40pm when he noticed him on the corner of Cross Street and Friar Street . |
| 6 | I directed him to the corner where I knew the compost heap was . |
| 7 | With all her strength , she forced herself to stand and threw herself around the corner . |
| 8 | Rain trapped him in the corner by the empty water machine . |
| 9 | He pulled off his shirt and threw it into the corner of the tiny room . |
| 10 | After she 'd completed her delivery round of the dressing rooms , Lucy came back into the department , took off her coat and threw it in the corner , and then threw herself onto one of the available chairs with an equal lack of ceremony . |
| 11 | Then we got one round the corner in the patio area . |
| 12 | My hand holding the receiver was shaking ; I pressed it against the corner of a door to stabilize it . |
| 13 | ‘ I said ‘ I 'm making a citizen 's arrest ’ and , with the help of Martin and another guy , Peter Ryan , I took them round the corner to Hope Street police station . ’ |
| 14 | I know I saw her on the corner there |
| 15 | It was a wet morning so they just took him to the corner and ran him to the corner of Richmond Row in his bare feet — brought him back — ‘ Put your shoes on ! ’ |
| 16 | And then , she saw him in the corner of the dim room . |
| 17 | He put her down on the bed , and , removing the crutch from her nerveless hand , tossed it into the corner , before sitting beside her . |
| 18 | Took mine round the corner |
| 19 | When she was leaving , John reappeared and he and Sarah accompanied her to the corner of Magdalen Street . |
| 20 | They learned it on the corner |
| 21 | The ball fell clear and Benjamin put it into the corner of the net from 15 yards . |
| 22 | She dressed hurriedly , made herself a snack , took the bike and wheeled it round the corner of the cottage into the front garden . |
| 23 | No , he 'd gone up to the traffic lights and this cyclist sort of like cycled up , jumped off his bike and wheeled it round the corner so he |
| 24 | He clenched his teeth together but the first syllable forced itself around the corner of his mouth . |
| 25 | But they had one in the corner you see and I could see the back leg was gone said to Margaret an said I might as well do something of that , you know , to do up it 's the only one that they had there that wanted really wanted repairing , so the feller said ooh I do n't know he said hang on , I 'll look in the book . |
| 26 | It was a wet morning so they just took him to the corner and ran him to the corner of Richmond Row in his bare feet — brought him back — ‘ Put your shoes on ! ’ |
| 27 | She moved away , left him in the corner of the room and stayed where he could see her clearly . |
| 28 | I parked Armstrong on Soho Square and hoofed it round the corner into Dean Street , keeping an eye out for the fly-posters to see if anyone interesting was playing in the vicinity . |