Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn could smell the freshness of his cologne , see the way his eyes crinkled at the corners , notice for the first time the thickness of his lashes , the way his ebony hair would curl if allowed to grow long . |
| 2 | Her mouth drooped at the corners . |
| 3 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |
| 4 | His lips quirked at the corners . |
| 5 | His lips quirked at the corners in ill-disguised amusement . |
| 6 | His lips quirked at the corners . |
| 7 | Then she had the severest strain put on the control of her newly awakened ear-boxing predilection when his mouth twitched at the corners and it seemed , for a moment , that her sarcasm had amused him . |
| 8 | His mouth twitched at the corner . |
| 9 | His mouth twitched at the corner . |
| 10 | Carefully , Mrs Browning dabbed at the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief . |
| 11 | His face began to change , and small , shadowed lines appeared at the corners of his mouth and eyes . |
| 12 | Smile brackets appeared at the corners of her lipsticky mouth . |
| 13 | Tom stopped at the corner where the shop stood and looked across at the Fire Station . |
| 14 | Tom stopped at the corner of the small road near the corset shop and glanced down at the tiny alleyway where the artist 's shop stood . |
| 15 | He said the driver may not even have realised that he had struck the schoolboy , who was walking from his home in Scarisbrick Drive , Norris Green , to Queen Mary Comprehensive , in nearby Long Lane , when the accident happened at the corner of Parthenon Drive and Walton Hall Avenue . |
| 16 | The accident happened at the corner of Parthenon Drive and Walton Hall Avenue yesterday . |
| 17 | One meeting of particular significance was with a young dissenting bookseller called Joseph Cottle , whose shop stood at the corner of Corn Street and High Street , a few yards from Southey 's birthplace . |
| 18 | Nathan gave a brief shrug , and a wry , self-mocking smile flickered at the corners of his mouth . |
| 19 | The hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Buchanan 's mouth , a cynical smile . |
| 20 | A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth . |
| 21 | An odd smile tugged at the corners of his firm mouth . |
| 22 | Lucy looked across the room to where the older man sat at the corner table . |
| 23 | Froth bubbled at the corners of Kenamun 's mouth . |
| 24 | A few men appeared at the corner of the union building , on their faces a blend of caution and apathy . |
| 25 | Félicité et Perpétue crept up the mellow brickwork , and Gloire de Dijon climbed higher , and there were heavy dark crimson Bourdons and Portland roses in the borders and pink Ce/1leste clumped at the corners with its paler leaves . |
| 26 | Women stood at the corners of buildings , dressed in wide , bright dresses and adorned with garish make-up . |
| 27 | Mortimer crouched at the corner of the short tunnel through which Benny had entered the previous day . |
| 28 | A small shop inside the last cottage stood at the corner . |
| 29 | This last remark seemed to have gone home , as Johnny paled a little and a small muscle twitched at the corner of his mouth . |