Example sentences of "his [adj -er] lip " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stuck out his lower lip . |
| 2 | His natural instinct is to make Ali laugh : today he has to settle for biting his lower lip and gazing warily back and forth between Ali and his nurses . |
| 3 | His back was bent over his guitar , his lower lip sucked in and his brows furrowed in concentration . |
| 4 | Frankie chewed his lower lip and frowned . |
| 5 | When Richard 's top lip set in an obstinate bow and his lower lip protruded in a sullen pout he had the unmistakable look of his aunt Margaret . |
| 6 | Boy smiled , and then winced slightly , because his lower lip was split , and then he took a sip of his beer and he smiled sweetly and said , In love . |
| 7 | Henry did not have to see his thin anxious face , his nervous nibble at his lower lip or the furtive glance to left and right to know that number 47 was performing the ritual known as Is the Mitsubishi Scratched Yet ? |
| 8 | Henry stuck his lower lip out and in an uncouth voice , said : ‘ How about a bit of sex ? ’ |
| 9 | Charles bit on his lower lip and looked to the side as if there he would find the answer to the question ; then shook his head , saying , ‘ You know , I could n't say . ’ |
| 10 | A snowflake landed on his lower lip and immediately dissolved . |
| 11 | Grant pushed out his lower lip . |
| 12 | Then he realized that the boy was crying and his lower lip was cut and bleeding . |
| 13 | He frowned , sucking at his lower lip . |
| 14 | The screech died away to a strangulated hissing as though the victim had clamped his lower lip with his teeth , biting with all the force of a steel beast-trap . |
| 15 | Jourgensen attaches a Bushmills bottle to his lower lip and begins sound checking . |
| 16 | Ralph chewed his lower lip . |
| 17 | Wellington bit his lower lip . |
| 18 | As we leave him , he is blurredly registering clumps and layers of passing foliage , his lower lip moist and hanging out slightly , with an uncomfortable draught agitating up his trouser legs from the hole that was his very own creation . |
| 19 | Basil with a characteristic facial expression : his lower lip pressed up behind the upper , then bared his upper teeth and gums , gave a quick flick on his spectacles and said " Really . " |
| 20 | He had bitten his lower lip and from this , too , the blood was running . |
| 21 | Pinching his lower lip he studied me sideways . |
| 22 | I touched a hair away from his lower lip , kissed the place where it had been , then I left him . |
| 23 | Biting his lower lip in an effort to control his emotions , he added wretchedly , ‘ Despite what he says , I know Madeleine does love me . |
| 24 | He was unconscious ; his pallor was frightening and he 'd bitten through his lower lip . |
| 25 | Maurice was sitting sideways behind his desk , feet up on the radiator beneath the window , one hand flexing his lower lip while the other trailed across the blotter . |
| 26 | Now , at last , he did acknowledge her presence , with a faint nod and a stubborn extension of his lower lip . |
| 27 | He pulled back and squinted at her , pushing out his lower lip in a gesture combining pugnacity and deliberation . |
| 28 | Mounce stared at her absently , pushing his lower lip up . |
| 29 | Then he went over to the window , and gazed down into Hand and Ball Court for several minutes , frowning and pushing his lower lip up alternately . |
| 30 | Her erstwhile MI5 lover had imparted a cruel twist to his lower lip . |