Example sentences of "[vb past] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm got the corner |
| 2 | Instead they fought the corner for multi-racial sport by taking themselves off to Zwide , a township near Port Elizabeth ( see pages 38 and 39 ) , where they held a coaching clinic for black and coloured youngsters . |
| 3 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 4 | I had barely time to recognise the shaven and scarred head emerging from the heap of Bibles and screwed-up paper , when a quick movement caught the corner of my eye . |
| 5 | Matthew Wilder rose to his feet as they approached the corner table , and instead of shutting his eyes or turning away he scrutinised Lucy with interest . |
| 6 | She dabbed the corner of her eye with a black-edged handkerchief . |
| 7 | Mum lifted the corner of the curtain and peeped out to see who it was . |
| 8 | He lifted the corner . |
| 9 | A smile lifted the corner of his mouth . |
| 10 | He really forced the issue there did n't he Lewis and caused the corner . |
| 11 | Léonie twisted the corner of her pillowcase into a tight spiral and chewed it . |
| 12 | Then came the corner , the road bending round the walled compound of a Sheikh 's racing stables . |
| 13 | He walked past Claire 's room and turned the corner . |
| 14 | As she turned the corner into Perry Street her heart began to pound . |
| 15 | I watched him until he turned the corner . |
| 16 | ‘ I caught it in the banisters as I turned the corner , ’ I lied . |
| 17 | He turned the corner miserably , bumping into Elsie with their fish and chips . |
| 18 | On the landing outside , Kathleen Lavender turned the corner of her apron anxiously between her hands . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | As soon as he turned the corner , I grabbed the wallet and sprinted down the alley . |
| 22 | EMILY MacPeake turned the corner from Merrycrest Avenue into Ashlea Drive and then left up Merrycroft Avenue . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | What a shock he got when he turned the corner to find the entire corridor overgrown by mountains and mountains of wild plants . |
| 25 | Franca imagined their intense relief as their taxi turned the corner . |
| 26 | ‘ As I turned the corner I saw the flag flying at half-mast and the meaning of it came like a flash . ’ |
| 27 | As he turned the corner into Bridgefoot Street he stopped , daunted by the steep slope before him . |
| 28 | He shuffled past the police barracks — formerly the Archbishop 's Palace — and turned the corner into the cathedral close . |
| 29 | I used to come up Chisenhall Street on my beat and I could tell when Birtles turned the corner . |
| 30 | Still , she said as she turned the corner of the High Street . |