Example sentences of "hair [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 2 | If Anne reminded me of a gazelle , then Mrs. Constantine was like a snake : supple and seemingly without bones , smooth , lustrous , with wicked black eyes like stones and shining black hair twisted up into a knot on top of her head and a wide , wide mouth with disturbingly red lips and a flickering tongue that darted out to lick the crimson lips when she was concentrating on the cards . |
| 3 | She seemed harassed and shop-worn , her greying hair tied up in a bun with a twisted elastic band . |
| 4 | One of them was a spectacularly pretty blonde ; the other , a big girl with long chestnut hair tied back in a bow , had a bandage on her foot . |
| 5 | Big , certainly , but with that lovely glowing skin and all that chestnut hair tied back in a navy and white ribbon , she looked what she was : a girl from a nice family , from a house in the country , whose father ran an established business . |
| 6 | The girl speaking is small with stringy hair tied back in a knot , and glasses . |
| 7 | She was fine-boned and delicate , with auburn hair tied back in a leather clasp . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was in his late twenties , thick-set , dressed in jeans , with his long hair pulled back in a pony-tail . |
| 10 | They were dull-eyed and fur clad , with hair bound up into a bunch at the crown and the rattle of bones and polished stones around their limbs . |
| 11 | John made international strikers appear anonymous ; he constantly inspired his colleagues , drawing every ounce of energy and application from them ; his headed clearances saved us in scores of tight situations and his red hair stood out like a beacon . |
| 12 | Anyway poor Ophelia emerges as a tragic woman who drowns herself in a river , flowers in her hand , hair spread out like a veil around her . |
| 13 | ‘ No regular soldier I ever knew wore cross bandoleers , or had long hair held back by a headband . |