in holes and corners
Example Sentences
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There are three more bits of evidence," said the other, "that I have dug up in holes and corners; and I will give them in logical rather than chronological order.
From The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Now the fox heard the dog talking thus to himself, for the fox was always peeping about, in holes and corners, and he burst out a laughing when the dog was out of sight.
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Even the sweating system could be found at work in holes and corners.
From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves
In winter very large hauls are made; then the fish congregate in holes and corners.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish
The scurrying noises made by bats and owls, who, scared by the lighted candles, were hiding themselves in holes and corners of refuge, startled me not at all—I was well accustomed to such sounds.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Marie Corelli
