Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at the corner " in BNC.

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1 Her mouth drooped at the corners .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 His mouth twitched at the corner .
5 His mouth twitched at the corner .
6 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 .
7 The accident happened at the corner of Parthenon Drive and Walton Hall Avenue yesterday .
8 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 .
9 Nathan gave a brief shrug , and a wry , self-mocking smile flickered at the corners of his mouth .
10 The hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Buchanan 's mouth , a cynical smile .
11 A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth .
12 An odd smile tugged at the corners of his firm mouth .
13 Lucy looked across the room to where the older man sat at the corner table .
14 Froth bubbled at the corners of Kenamun 's mouth .
15 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 .
16 A small shop inside the last cottage stood at the corner .
17 This last remark seemed to have gone home , as Johnny paled a little and a small muscle twitched at the corner of his mouth .
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