Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Light ; flowers ; brass fittings ; solemn intonation ; and in that box the already decomposing remains of the man who had occupied the corner desk in Dyson 's office each day since he had taken the department over . |
| 2 | As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner . |
| 3 | He 's not the greatest header of the ball although he has won a corner . |
| 4 | Horsham soon found themselves a goal behind as Abingdon made a tremendous start ; Town won a corner on the left wing in the second minute and Keith Appleton killed the ball into the area . |
| 5 | Town won a corner on the left , there was cross to Campbell , who hit a superb volley against the far upright , and Steve Aries took the rebound well to score . |
| 6 | Now past its notorious heyday , it has become a favourite attraction for Schiaparelli 's less sophisticated visitors , who fondly imagine they have located a corner of the city that retains the historic charm of frontier days . |
| 7 | From its position near the window she noticed that Silas and an older man occupied a corner table , while a party of sixteen young men was divided between the four central tables . |
| 8 | In attempting to deflect opinion from the disappointments of the previous winter and the lack of prospect of an early end of the war and to revamp morale through blaming others for Germany 's misfortunes — much as he had done in the years before 1933 — Hitler had lifted a corner of the veil of the ‘ Führer myth ’ and revealed a glimpse of the arbitrary , dictatorial , and irrational way he responded to the first reverses he and the nation had had to suffer . |
| 9 | Financial markets are apprehensive that the trade deficit has still not turned the corner and a poor figure could shake sterling again . |
| 10 | He quit the booth and had just turned the corner when the plain-clothes policeman emerged from an alley and glanced at the bank of kiosks . |
| 11 | He and the club may have turned the corner . ’ |
| 12 | We sorted a few things out then and now we have turned the corner . ’ |
| 13 | When we have turned the corner , I will sit down with the manager and discuss the future with him . ’ |
| 14 | Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates . |
| 15 | They had just turned the corner of the NAAFI building on their way to the public road that ran through the camp when they bumped into two airmen . |
| 16 | Maybe we have now turned the corner . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The general feeling around here is : we 've finally turned the corner . ’ |
| 18 | He waited until Meredith had turned the corner before going downstairs to put on his Sunday overcoat . |
| 19 | Once he had turned the corner , he took the coat off and slipped it over his arm . |
| 20 | As soon as they had turned the corner , however , he put his paper down and headed for the row of pay phones that lined the wall . |
| 21 | She had , only the other day , seen a policeman and -woman exerting more force than had seemed strictly necessary on a man in the street : at the time she had assumed that he had offered fierce resistance until she had turned the corner , at which moment he had been subdued . |
| 22 | Despite these salutary precedents , I am increasingly confident that the Royal Bank Group has turned the corner . |
| 23 | I hope we have turned the corner . |
| 24 | Their car had hardly turned the corner when the mob arrived and smashed the house to pieces . |
| 25 | ‘ We can slip out when he has turned the corner . |
| 26 | But we 've turned the corner . |
| 27 | Although the maternal recommendation was that Jane should see a psychiatrist or a priest , it transpired that Jane felt she had turned the corner simply by spilling out her innermost thoughts to her mother . |
| 28 | The only bright spot on the horizon as far as she could see was that Barney must have turned the corner and be getting better . |
| 29 | ‘ After the dark days of 70 's and 80's , I think we have turned the corner and have shown what can be done when , even in a remote community like ours , people get together and work for their mutual benefit . ’ |
| 30 | The location publicity officer , Liz Kallend , looking shaken , said : ‘ Everyone thought that the show had turned the corner . ’ |