Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned round , then turned back , looked once more round the room , then shook his head quickly and went to the door , taking his stick from the corner by the washing machine on his way out . |
| 2 | Hannen Swaffer — revered almost as the Bernard Shaw of left-wing journalism — used to blow in and write his piece on the corner of someone else 's desk . |
| 3 | ‘ I can do without that , ’ replied the stranger brusquely , squeezing his bulk into the corner . |
| 4 | Slatter was standing over a youth and his girlfriend in the corner . |
| 5 | ‘ Parked his car round the corner and walked straight into our arms . ’ |
| 6 | In ten angular jerks and a trip Ranald rose from his seat in the corner by Luch to open the door for Lady Bridhe to leave . |
| 7 | Seated at his desk in the corner by the window , Eliot would switch his chair round , and the guest would be settled down opposite . |
| 8 | ‘ Sean had his shop at the corner of the Donegall Road and the Falls Road for 18 years and he was so well-known . |
| 9 | ‘ Lloyd George is right ! ’ he yelled from his cart at the corner of the Main Street . |
| 10 | He wrote his name in the corner of the picture . |
| 11 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 12 | The ‘ interview room ’ door opened again and Sergeant Lawrence poked his head around the corner . |
| 13 | Someone gets to the entry damn fast , but he do n't stick his head round the corner , since with daylight behind him he 's gon na feel like a bullseye on a firing range . |
| 14 | Another , who 'd been injured in a brawl during exercise , sported fifty-eight stitches from the point of his chin to the corner of his left eye . |
| 15 | Boyd Stych unlocked the front door and slung his knapsack into the corner reserved for the coats and hats of his wife 's visitors ; clumped through the lounge in his heavy , laced boots and shouted not very hopefully : ‘ Hi , Olga , I 'm back ! ’ |
| 16 | Thiercelin took a tiny sip and replaced his glass on the corner of the dressing-table . |
| 17 | if i can use a div 1 player ( bohinen , forest — tech wonder boy with amazing goals and great moves as a speciality — scored the most memorable goal of my life up to date against italy when we beat them at home 2–1 in the EC qual game on june 5th 1991 — world class defender baresi was on his way to the corner flag — outclassed by a bohinen move — when bohinen put the ball under Walter Zenga — i attended the game and had the perfect seat for that goal — hmm — i got a little carried away here , ehh ? ; - ) ) |
| 18 | Bridges broke on the narrow side of a lineout and Davies was driven over by his pack in the corner . |
| 19 | That 's his bag in the corner , in n it ? |