Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] at the corner " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through all the turnings of his thoughts one image dogged him — Colberg 's face , so sharply carved , his eyes a wee bit slanting at the corners , his nostrils cut on a long shallow curve , his forehead not rounded but angled above the glossy black hairs at the outside ends of his eyebrows . |
| 2 | The ventral arm plates are much wider than long with an obtuse proximal angle and a straight distal edge rounded at the corners and indented midradially . |
| 3 | An odd smile tugged at the corners of his firm mouth . |
| 4 | A cruel smile played at the corners of his mouth . |
| 5 | Nathan gave a brief shrug , and a wry , self-mocking smile flickered at the corners of his mouth . |
| 6 | Though a mocking smile played at the corners of his chiselled mouth , his voice had a caustic bite . |
| 7 | It was a substantial house standing at the corner of a tree-lined street in an Irish neighbourhood of the city . |
| 8 | Lucy looked across the room to where the older man sat at the corner table . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Why do n't you bribe a waiter to stand outside the door ? ’ she snapped back , then stalked past him without a backward glance , acutely aware of the small smile playing at the corners of his mouth as his gaze followed her . |
| 11 | This last remark seemed to have gone home , as Johnny paled a little and a small muscle twitched at the corner of his mouth . |
| 12 | An amused smile played at the corners of his mouth . |
| 13 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 14 | A small shop inside the last cottage stood at the corner . |