Example sentences of "hair that [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | In between the Oaks and the Elms darted the Silver Birches , slender and frivolous-looking , with wild , shining white hair that streamed out behind them and mischievous features and trailing garments that might have been some kind of cloth , but might as easily have been simply their pale leaves . |
2 | The brown hair that curved in around her cheeks seemed suddenly untidy . |
3 | As the curtain opened there hobbled from the wings what appeared to be an old Chinese mandarin with flowing blue robes , black silk jacket and red-buttoned Mandarin cap over hair that fell down his back in a long pigtail . |
4 | Looking in the mirror that was perched precariously on the windowsill , he combed back the hair that hung over his eyes . |
5 | His arms hardly move at all — just the legs move , and his bare feet on the ground as he jumps up and down , and the long tuft of hair that bounces back and forth over his shoulder . |
6 | Even from this distance she could see the way muscles rippled across his chest as he reached up to unlock the window , the wedge of dark hair that arrowed down from his collar-bone , and she felt heat run along her veins . |
7 | Hair that dries out resists styling and is more difficult to manage . |
8 | Turning from the window , she gazed on the face of her husband , a kind face and not unattractive , with its straight features and good skin , and the unruly mop of hair that tumbled over his forehead ; he stirred in her arms , whimpering like a child , and pressing himself against her . |
9 | He tousled her hair that tumbled over her shoulders in a wild , bright mane of warmest auburn . |
10 | But from the sides of their mouths projected the glistening tusks of boars , and they were crowned with great , bristling manes of stiff hair that ran down to the base of their spines . |
11 | There was frequently a hair-tidy of the same design on the dressing-table , a little dish with a lid , and a hole through which one could push the hair that came out on the comb . |
12 | A lot of black hair that curled down her back . |