Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maps were in rolls on an architect 's easel in the corner of the office . |
| 2 | The Crystal Palace tram terminus was on a gradient and it was ruled that if the crew wanted to take their break there , in the busmen 's canteen round the corner on the Parade , they must go one at a time and not leave the car unattended . |
| 3 | Black sat in his office staring at a spider 's web in the corner of the ceiling , Gina sat opposite uncomfortable in the silent painful atmosphere . |
| 4 | Chris trailed back , dragging his bat in disgust , but loudly clapped by his team and the little group of parents around the scorer 's shack in the corner of the field . |
| 5 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 6 | She could see Klift 's body from the corner of her eye . |
| 7 | Every morning I went to buy a baguette at Bluot 's boulangerie at the corner of the road . |
| 8 | Over to the right was the main street , with a grocer 's shop on the corner and a straggle of grey houses . |
| 9 | Mrs. Dow worked as an assistant in the newsagent 's shop on the corner of the street opposite Ezra 's premises . |
| 10 | Then coming along Street you come to the picture frame people and then the Conservative Club , then there was the big house further on towards the top of Street and that was owned by somebody named Winnie , was my second wife 's she went to school with her they used but her father lived there , and on the other side of the road you got the toy shop and er the draper 's shop on the corner of er Road then there was the newsagents and one or two people kept that , but that takes you from the top of Street straight the way up to Caldmore . |
| 11 | Her real name was Rebecca Salmon and she was the daughter of Dan Salmon who owned the baker 's shop on the corner of Brick Lane . |
| 12 | ‘ I own a baker 's shop on the corner of Whitechapel Road , ’ replied Charlie , ‘ and a- ’ |
| 13 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 14 | It was mid-morning and many of the apprentices and stall-holders were taking a short rest , albeit some of them were already as drunk as March hares ; one group of apprentices outside The Death 's Head on the corner of Old Fish Street were indulging in a strident belching contest . |
| 15 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 16 | Sometimes , just as I drifting off to sleep , I can see Dan Rogers running the length of the pitch to slip the ball past Bob Wilson , or Allan Clarke 's diving header past Geoff Barnett in 1972 , or Willie Young presenting Ipswich Town 's Roger Osborne with an unmissable chance in 1978 , or Nigel Winterburn 's penalty miss ten years later , or Seaman palming Lineker 's cross-shot into the corner of the net in last year 's semi-final . |
| 17 | Planning councillors on Wednesday approved a scheme by Darlington-based developer Dockbuild to convert the old Schooner 's restaurant on the corner of Bondgate and Salt Yard . |
| 18 | It was outside Tony DeFries 's office on the corner of Regent Street and Great Castle Street . |