Example sentences of "turned the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked past Claire 's room and turned the corner . |
| 2 | As she turned the corner into Perry Street her heart began to pound . |
| 3 | I watched him until he turned the corner . |
| 4 | ‘ I caught it in the banisters as I turned the corner , ’ I lied . |
| 5 | He turned the corner miserably , bumping into Elsie with their fish and chips . |
| 6 | On the landing outside , Kathleen Lavender turned the corner of her apron anxiously between her hands . |
| 7 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 8 | Stuart Anderson , their secretary , says : ‘ The general message is that Kent have put their house in order , turned the corner and are confident that improvements on the field will be matched by overall prosperity . ’ |
| 9 | As soon as he turned the corner , I grabbed the wallet and sprinted down the alley . |
| 10 | EMILY MacPeake turned the corner from Merrycrest Avenue into Ashlea Drive and then left up Merrycroft Avenue . |
| 11 | As he turned the corner away from the house and towards the train station , Endill was sure he saw the shape of his father standing at one of the upstairs windows , watching him go . |
| 12 | What a shock he got when he turned the corner to find the entire corridor overgrown by mountains and mountains of wild plants . |
| 13 | Franca imagined their intense relief as their taxi turned the corner . |
| 14 | ‘ As I turned the corner I saw the flag flying at half-mast and the meaning of it came like a flash . ’ |
| 15 | As he turned the corner into Bridgefoot Street he stopped , daunted by the steep slope before him . |
| 16 | He shuffled past the police barracks — formerly the Archbishop 's Palace — and turned the corner into the cathedral close . |
| 17 | I used to come up Chisenhall Street on my beat and I could tell when Birtles turned the corner . |
| 18 | Still , she said as she turned the corner of the High Street . |
| 19 | The black-clad figure hesitated then turned the corner . |
| 20 | He pushed out his shoulders , and was halfway through when the creature turned the corner , coming upon him with terrifying speed . |
| 21 | He waved them on as he turned the corner , and began to run . |
| 22 | With a hiss , the double-sided door began to close , just as the figure of Mahon turned the corner and came after them at a terrifying speed . |
| 23 | The Church of England is behind the Baptist Union in halting its decline : the Baptists turned the corner between 1980 and 1985 , and thereafter saw a slight growth in membership . |
| 24 | Willie caught sight of them as he turned the corner . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | With the worst possible timing , Mildred turned the corner just as Miss Hardbroom strode through the door leading from the yard . |
| 27 | He walked past it and turned the corner into Cromwell Road . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He turned the corner , and found himself at the front of the house , which had a mountingblock , well chalked . |
| 30 | 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 . |