Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] ear " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd grinned from ear to ear , grey eyes dancing . |
| 2 | Ralemberg and his wife sprawled there , their throats gashed from ear to ear . |
| 3 | She had been brutally assaulted and strangled , her body mutilated and her throat slashed from ear to ear . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the servants found a young piglet , throat slashed from ear to ear , on a heap of refuse at the back of the kitchen . |
| 5 | Mr Crangle was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 6 | He was grinning from ear to ear and pointing his finger up to the flies . |
| 7 | There was a tall muscular man of about his own age standing naked before him , grinning from ear to ear . |
| 8 | In Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland we encounter a large cat , lying on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear . |
| 9 | Grinning from ear to ear , he added : ‘ Well , I 'm happy now . |
| 10 | Originally formed ‘ sort of as a joke ’ , Love Child sound like they 're still grinning from ear to ear . |
| 11 | There was also a large cat , which was sitting on a chair and grinning from ear to ear . |
| 12 | She was grinning from ear to ear , her eyes sparkling in excited anticipation , like a child watching magicians at a carnival . |
| 13 | Suddenly Lisa was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 14 | Benjamin 's shoulders shook as he controlled the bubble of laughter , but Henry sat back , clapping his hands and grinning from ear to ear like some bloody cat . |
| 15 | ‘ Get on with it , Ruthie , ’ he told her , and though he was grinning from ear to ear she knew what was powering him and she felt the excitement blossom in herself . |
| 16 | He was grinning from ear to ear and the first stabs of doubt needled at Ruth 's heart . |
| 17 | KIRKBY comic Sean Styles is grinning from ear to ear with his latest job . |
| 18 | The entire class at DRAYTON were all laughing at once during a broomstick session in NATIONAL SMILE WEEK , GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR . |
| 19 | The front of the head is shaved on a line drawn from ear to ear . |
| 20 | Benjamin , his wounded finger clasped in a wet rag , grinned from ear to ear . |
| 21 | As she said it she grinned from ear to ear , physically contorted by her joy into a sort of bow , arms out stiff behind her like someone about to fly . |
| 22 | Cornelius Murphy grinned from ear to ear . |
| 23 | Kirsty grinned from ear to ear . |
| 24 | Then , while Leith was wondering which stranger to Jimmy from which department had called in her absence , his cheerful face was splitting from ear to ear as he asked , ‘ Do I congratulate you or your fiancé ? ’ |
| 25 | By the time I was in sight of Granpa 's pitch my grin already stretched from ear to ear . |
| 26 | ‘ Some unlucky bloke was found late last night in Houndsditch , with his throat cut from ear to ear , ’ said Joe . |
| 27 | The man 's throat had been cut from ear to ear , soaking his shirt and trousers in blood . |
| 28 | ‘ A mottled black and white , their throats cut from ear to ear . ’ |
| 29 | His throat had been cut from ear to ear and his wallet had been filched . ’ |
| 30 | His dad who was always popping in asking if anyone wanted to come down the pub — he was always off to the pub — also wrote the lyrics to our first song , ‘ Scarface ’ They were truly horrendous : ‘ Scarface , scarface , scarred from ear to ear , Scarface , the girls do n't even care . |