Example sentences of "of the corner of [pos pn] mouth " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 . |