Example sentences of "[was/were] the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | But looking at him still , she saw the corners of his mouth pick up slightly , and suddenly , so were the corners of her mouth , because , ‘ My friends call me Ven , ’ he advised her , and solemnly added , ‘ Fabia . ’ |
| 2 | But what Katherine liked best were the corner shelves which housed three miniature cities , carved out of wood and painted by an expert hand so that they evoked future urban landscapes . |
| 3 | This testing and results were the corner stone of the startup case which allowed the Unit to begin generating before the end of 1992 . |
| 4 | This was the corner to which she had tottered , her mother holding her on white leather reins , her legs encased in knitted leggings whose scratchiness she could still remember . |
| 5 | Yes , well cos you see , I mean , you see you begin life as erm your , your shop was the corner shop erm you know the shop was the Co-op and of course erm we always went each week , my brother and I , er to the Co-op for the groceries you see , so it was all Co-op . |