Example sentences of "[prep] the corner of [pos pn] mouth " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm — ’ She looked round to see no one was in earshot , then mumbled the words quickly out of the corner of her mouth as if they were not really her responsibility : , I 'm sorry . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If you keep talking to me he might think we have n't seen him , ’ Benny hissed out of the corner of her mouth . |
| 3 | Bernice whispered to the Doctor out of the corner of her mouth . |
| 4 | Out of the corner of her mouth — and she did it with great flair — Sorrel said : |
| 5 | ‘ That reminds me , ’ I said out of the corner of my mouth , ‘ I must get my watch fixed . ’ |
| 6 | Huckleberry 's tongue was protruding out of the corner of his mouth and flapping in the breeze ! |
| 7 | ‘ Shut up , ’ said Drew out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 8 | Nathan boomed and brayed so enthusiastically that his mother had to mop up a dribble of saliva that trickled out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 9 | The Fat Controller blew a plume of cigar smoke at it from out of the corner of his mouth ; the blue strands interleaved with her browner ones . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a custom , ’ my master muttered out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 11 | ‘ Look blacker , fool , ’ he said out of the corner of his mouth as they stepped into the cold darkness of the outer ward , ‘ and drag your feet . |
| 12 | A thin red snake of blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth ; his chest was an open , bubbling mass of blood where he had received his death wound . |
| 13 | His cheek was cut and a faint dribble of blood ran towards the corner of his mouth . |
| 14 | She pushed a smile into the corners of her mouth . |
| 15 | A dog came to her anxiously ; at its concern , tears ran lavishly down her face , past her snivelling nose , into the corners of her mouth . |
| 16 | Standing alone in this pool of moonlight , he puts his thumb and forefinger into the corners of his mouth and , staring out across the houses and the fields and the river valley to the stark moonlit mountains , whistles long and loud into the night . |
| 17 | ‘ We shall cross the river , ’ White Face announced , putting two skinny fingers into the corners of his mouth and whistling to announce our presence . |
| 18 | He placed the last evil half inch of his yellow-papered cigarette carefully into the corner of his mouth . |
| 19 | He poured the neat whisky into the corner of his mouth and wriggled with slow , painful relief . |
| 20 | He hooked a finger into the corner of his mouth , as though he was versifying on the spot . |
| 21 | Rainwater and petrol gushed from the corners of its mouth . |
| 22 | With her little finger she flicked melted lipstick from the corners of her mouth , then dabbed at her nose and cheeks with a small powder-puff . |
| 23 | The make-up did a terrific job , but could n't get rid of the two deep creases that ran from the corners of her mouth to her jawline , or the network of lines on her brow . |
| 24 | And each cough that forced its way past his throat brought with it more of the bright frothy blood , which dribbled from the corners of his mouth faster than his red-soaked handkerchief could mop it up . |
| 25 | At Hyde Park Corner a tiny youngish man was followed onto the train by a large stocky man a sadistic smirk emerging from the corners of his mouth . |
| 26 | The door was eventually opened by a scowling man , cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth , towel around his waist , shaving soap on his face and a razor in his hand , getting ready for his night shift . |
| 27 | The window had , during the summer months , more than its fair share of flies , whilst the proprietor was never to be seen in the shop without a flat black cap on his head and cigarette end dangling from the corner of his mouth . |
| 28 | A thread of spittle ran from the corner of his mouth and down his chin . |
| 29 | A fine trickle of drool leaked from the corner of his mouth . |
| 30 | His eyes grew bulbous and a small trickle of spittle crept from the corner of his mouth . |