Example sentences of "around the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small smile plays teasingly around the corners of my mouth and I ask , ‘ Do you have jobs ? ’ |
| 2 | Not round Havers , wh they park where those , those sort of shops are they they park all around the corners so that you have to go out round them . |
| 3 | The two men , who were completely sober despite their time in the bar , moved away to stand against the cracked plaster walls of the buildings to either side of the main road , glancing quickly around the corners to check for traffic . |
| 4 | A dangerous light glinted in his eyes , small lines flared around the corners of his mouth , and his colour was slightly heightened . |
| 5 | It was as she came to the end of her enthusiastic little speech that she realised she was leaning halfway across his desk , so close that she could almost have counted his lashes and the tiny fine lines around the corners of his mouth . |
| 6 | Around the corners they talk it over , make sense of what they heard . |
| 7 | Cover the boat with the fondant , pressing around the corners and smoothing on . |
| 8 | Smooth and fit the icing around the corners before smoothing down the sides . |
| 9 | Yet it is easy for pioneer users and IT investors to remain with the tried and tested applications and miss out on the cutting edge opportunities just around the corner . |
| 10 | As it turned out , rather too much excitement was just around the corner . |
| 11 | It could just as well have been the 20th birthday of the Eden Gardens tea urn , and as far as the Indian government is concerned , there is nothing like an international cricket tournament for persuading the electorate that , with polling day just around the corner , Rajiv is the boy to vote for . |
| 12 | Equally , however , there are respected industry commentators who are certain that the first agreed takeover of a building society is just around the corner . |
| 13 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 14 | The rise in unemployment frustrated the government 's spending plans , because of the rising costs of social security ; it also undermined the credibility of the government 's claims that its economic strategy was working and that economic recovery was around the corner . |
| 15 | But he believes that there are developments around the corner that could bring a lot of changes for the better , not least of them , technological changes . |
| 16 | But with their own economy in bad shape , and with the EC 's single market just around the corner , the Swedes will soon be setting sail again . |
| 17 | He 's sitting at the gate , watching the school around the corner decant its little boys . |
| 18 | Barking ferociously , the big Great Dane rushed from the rear of the house , skidded around the corner and hurled herself at the gate with such force that it creaked under the impact . |
| 19 | She explained : ‘ In a series you never know what is around the corner because the lines develop from episode to episode . |
| 20 | She became a familiar figure at some of London 's top stores , particularly in Kensington High Street , around the corner from the luxury £400,000 Holland Park Flat she shared with her Neighbours/PWL stablemate Jason Donovan . |
| 21 | Labour has campaigned strongly on its £1 billion ‘ recovery package ’ while Mr Lilley , a firm believer in Thatcherite non-intervention , has had to rely on promises that recovery is just around the corner . |
| 22 | I knew no other way to learn technique , so I kept on trying to do what she told me , hoping for the best , hoping that my true voice would appear around the corner . |
| 23 | The return of socialism would be the ‘ road to nowhere , a dead end ’ at a time when economic recovery was around the corner . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , just around the corner and at the same time , Christie 's South Kensington offers ‘ Lot 78 , a 78 rpm gramophone re cord of Titanic , ‘ Stand to Your Post ’ , and ‘ Be British ’ , under £100 ’ or ‘ 1912 Titanic postcard , personally autographed by four survivors , £100/120 ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's a practice area just around the corner and the starter will call you to the tee five minutes before you are due to tee off , ’ he said . |
| 26 | A light came on , banishing the darkness around the corner . |
| 27 | The man hurried on , throwing the leaflet in a waste-paper bin as soon as he was around the corner by the newspaper stand . |
| 28 | Angora II is just around the corner in a quieter cul-de-sac . |
| 29 | This manifesto does not promise good times just around the corner . |
| 30 | He waved goodbye , saying thank you and disappeared around the corner . |