Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] one elbow " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jazz rolled over on one elbow , blinking . |
| 2 | Heaving over to one elbow just in time not to drown in her own effluent , Jezrael was so involved with her physical self that it was only after a moment that she noticed the base of one wall oozing forward to cover her vomit . |
| 3 | Gazzer , a strange , urgent little figure , hurrying among them with a bloodstained rag round his right hand , dressed in filthy black trousers and a black anorak , made one or two people shield their eyes against the sun and , with lazy curiosity , prop themselves up on one elbow to follow his progress through the gardens . |
| 4 | Betrayed by that shit Sarah Walker who was once his landlord 's daughter , plunged into crippling debt , mocked by polite society and dinner-table assassins , tortured by a cancer of the stomach , he could still prop himself up on one elbow in a room as shabby as this one and say exultantly ‘ Well , I 've had a happy life ! ’ |
| 5 | Men who had been asleep and were woken up by the noise did not appear to resent it but sat up on one elbow and stared . |
| 6 | Rufus had propped himself up on one elbow , watching . |
| 7 | She propped herself up on one elbow . |
| 8 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 9 | Her eyes flying open , Polly reared up on one elbow . |
| 10 | Harry propped himself up on one elbow and pulled open the top drawer of the bedside cabinet . |
| 11 | At last , Rourke moved , propping himself up on one elbow so that he could gaze down at her . |
| 12 | Even her voice was different and he came up on one elbow to look into her face , seeing all the fire die out of her . |
| 13 | Lil , propped up on one elbow , grins at me from under a towelling turban . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , my psalter ! ’ she exclaimed , coming up on one elbow . |
| 15 | He got up on one elbow . |
| 16 | She squatted beside him , as he propped himself up on one elbow to scowl back at her . |
| 17 | She pushed herself up on one elbow and , a strong arm behind her back , he helped her into a sitting position . |
| 18 | She pushed herself up on one elbow and said impishly , ‘ The bread smells wonderful . ’ |
| 19 | He leaned up on one elbow to gaze down at her and instead of Ruth feeling a rush of panic she felt incredibly calm . |
| 20 | The bedside lamp snapped on and she turned to see Fernando , raised up on one elbow , gazing at her . |
| 21 | He was propped up on one elbow , his dark hair sweat-curled , his eyes gleaming with desire , his naked chest and arms magnificent in their absolute masculinity . |
| 22 | She propped herself up on one elbow and looked down at his face in the starlight , her mind tangling on the mental arithmetic . |
| 23 | The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth . |
| 24 | She lifted herself up on one elbow and looked down at his , at his face drawn with sorrow and the love that would sacrifice itself for her selfishness — and so needlessly . |
| 25 | He struggled painfully on to one elbow , guarding his hands , and she put the tankard to his lips . |
| 26 | Suppressing a grunt of pain , Defries lifted herself on to one elbow and looked round . |
| 27 | He lifted himself on to one elbow , looking down at her ; a finger of light from the street-lamp outside crept between the curtains , touching her face . |
| 28 | He lifted himself on to one elbow and looked down at her . |
| 29 | He raised himself on to one elbow so that he could look down into her eyes . |