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corner - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- globe: The four winds, the four corners of the globe.
- net: Matthew Birley returned the ball into the box and Marcus Painter rose to head into the far corner of the net.
- rectangle: The specified coordinates correspond to the top-left corner of this rectangle.
Converse of object
- round: Round the corner was the Village Shop having a summer sale of Archers goodies.
- turn: Week 4 This week we have turned a corner in press coverage!
- concede: Vale were happy to scramble away or concede another corner as they were under the cosh.
- cut: Whilst others may cut corners on small detail we insist on quality items throughout the range.
Adjective modifier
- right-hand: To login, look in the upper right-hand corner of your screen for the Login link.
- bottom: Click on next at the bottom right hand corner of the list to see the next 10 results.
- left-hand: A devastating corner by Kavanagh found Thorne leaping above his markers to nod the ball into Delaney's bottom left-hand corner from six yards.
- left: Place the image against the top left corner of the scanner.
- southeast: Ancillary features: churchyard served by small modern double wooden gates in southeast corner, beside which is vertical stone stile.
- southwest: At the southwest corner of the shaft an arch leads from the base of the shaft into a high rift.
Modifies a noun
- kick: A deflected shot by a defender resulted in a corner kick.
- flag: Standing at the corner flag waiting for the ball, Hakan Unsal -- already on a yellow card -- violently kicks it toward him.
- bath: Plus cot or small bed if required The bathroom has a corner bath with shower over, toilet and basin.
Noun used with modifier
- top-left: The specified coordinates correspond to the top-left corner of this rectangle.
- street: There never was, in reality, a bobby on every street corner in Britain.
- hand: Click on next at the bottom right hand corner of the list to see the next 10 results.
- bottom-left: The specified X,Y position defines the bottom-left corner of the second region.
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