Example sentences of "leaning forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | People moving , standing , leaning forward . |
| 2 | Next to him his wife , a tall rangy woman whom Sven Hjerson somehow saw even here as being astride a hunter , was leaning forward tapping the tips of the fingers of each hand one against the other . |
| 3 | ‘ Murder , Peter , ’ his wife snapped , leaning forward in the saddle . |
| 4 | Now leaning forward from out of the flowery deckchair : ‘ You know he died in debt . |
| 5 | He lifted his hands feebly and , leaning forward , dropped them languidly on the blanket in front of him . |
| 6 | ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin . |
| 7 | The two of them leaned closer , across the table , and Tug found himself leaning forward too , as though he were helping to make their plan . |
| 8 | They were leaning forward facing each other , one on either side of Tug , looming over him . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you think , ’ Miss Violet said , leaning forward excitedly , ‘ do you think , Signora Romagnoli , do you think that one day I might meet Mrs Browning in this house ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ This is great , Ilona , ’ he says , leaning forward , ‘ because when I was working on Wall Street trying to get someone to risk his money on cotton , I would say , ‘ Bob , how can you get hurt by cotton ? |
| 11 | This time the interruption came from a man in the front row of the audience , a tall man who was leaning forward , and George looked at him , feeling less hostility than the woman who had shouted at him earlier had created ; and then he realized it was because he spoke in an educated voice . |
| 12 | He entered the room leaning forward , in a blundering awkward way . |
| 13 | Marcus , still leaning forward and clutched from behind by Ludens , was fingering his tie . |
| 14 | As he neared it , he suddenly stopped , staggered and sat down abruptly on a chair , leaning forward and holding his head in his hands . |
| 15 | Marcus , who had been leaning forward , relaxed his pose and began to massage his left hand with his right . |
| 16 | He drew closer till at last his forehead was leaning forward , touching Hector 's . |
| 17 | Paula was leaning forward , watching Tweed carefully . |
| 18 | Leaning forward into the harness and pushing with all my might , I could not move . |
| 19 | He was leaning forward staring at me with his hands on his knees . |
| 20 | Wheeziness worse ( < ) 3–5 am , better ( > ) leaning forward or by rocking , like Arsenicum ; with rattling in the chest , rattling cough and stitches in the chest with respiration , like Bryonia , or between breaths . |
| 21 | ‘ Jacques , ’ she purred , leaning forward . |
| 22 | Leaning forward when they are speaking ; |
| 23 | Leaning Forward When Sitting |
| 24 | ‘ It will be a stormy night , ’ Michael said , and Crane , leaning forward , took Allen 's dagger from his belt and flung it outside where it clattered on the stones . |
| 25 | Standing close above it , he presses the rim of a bell hard against its skull and , leaning forward , blows a blast of air into each ear , one after the other . |
| 26 | Jeremy is leaning forward , his face rapt , his body taut ; other men , more sophisticated , sit back , toying absently with their drinks and their girlfriend 's knees as they watch . |
| 27 | She pushed the microphone aside , and began to speak in a firm voice , used to public speaking , hands leaning forward on the table , one occasionally raised to emphasise a point . |
| 28 | I pressed up against Beejay and leaning forward , covered the mare 's eyes with my hands . |
| 29 | Leaning forward to slip the sweet between his lips , he would be reminded of his rider when all my other aids had failed to engage his attention . |
| 30 | She pulled and patted it into a comfortable pad and Midnight slumped down , leaning forward against his crooked legs , his hands draped over his knees . |