Example sentences of "her hair [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a black cleavage-revealing affair topped by a sparkling gold necklace , and with her hair swept up into a sophisticated style the older woman made Lucy feel like a country cousin . |
| 2 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 3 | Her hair blew forward like a dusty web and stuck to the corners of his mouth . |
| 4 | She was small and dark , with her hair scraped back into a bun . |
| 5 | Black silk skirt maroon blouse her hair done up in a bun draped with gold jewellery oh talk about looking the part ! |
| 6 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 7 | Beside her , in a pair of jeans and a comfortable sweatshirt , her hair tied back in a pony-tail , Shannon felt like a stable-hand . |
| 8 | She wore her hair squeezed up into a ballooning Afro by the same red bandana that she had worn down on the dock the first time Trent had seen her . |
| 9 | He was used to contrasts : Mother taking morning tea in bed with an old shawl round her shoulders and her hair pinned up under a boudoir cap , her face sticky with face cream as he kissed her good bye before school ; and Mother in full evening dress decked out in false pearls , her eyelashes beaded with mascara , dominating the stage in any play 's Last act … |
| 10 | In spite of this , it was half an hour before she came downstairs dressed up to the nines in a pin-striped trouser-suit , her hair caught up in a turban of white silk . |