Example sentences of "[v-ing] from ear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Crangle was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 2 | He was grinning from ear to ear and pointing his finger up to the flies . |
| 3 | There was a tall muscular man of about his own age standing naked before him , grinning from ear to ear . |
| 4 | In Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland we encounter a large cat , lying on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear . |
| 5 | Grinning from ear to ear , he added : ‘ Well , I 'm happy now . |
| 6 | Originally formed ‘ sort of as a joke ’ , Love Child sound like they 're still grinning from ear to ear . |
| 7 | There was also a large cat , which was sitting on a chair and grinning from ear to ear . |
| 8 | She was grinning from ear to ear , her eyes sparkling in excited anticipation , like a child watching magicians at a carnival . |
| 9 | Suddenly Lisa was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | He was grinning from ear to ear and the first stabs of doubt needled at Ruth 's heart . |
| 13 | KIRKBY comic Sean Styles is grinning from ear to ear with his latest job . |
| 14 | The entire class at DRAYTON were all laughing at once during a broomstick session in NATIONAL SMILE WEEK , GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR . |
| 15 | 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 ? ’ |
| 16 | Male ( Ruff ) in summer with ruff and ear tufts quite unmistakable ; whole plumage very variable , almost any combination of black , white , rufous brown and buff with bars and streaks , ruff usually differing from ear tufts . |
| 17 | Performing at Tokyo 's Club Quatro , Wildski is truly an over-the-top , larger-than-life man who bounded through the Japanese experience picking up enough words and phrases to cobble together an Oriental rap which had the crowd beaming from ear to ear . |
| 18 | When she finally left him to go upstairs her heart was overflowing , and she was beaming from ear to ear . |
| 19 | At the end of the lesson , Katharine was beaming from ear to ear . |
| 20 | The Kenway depot , the court was told , had been a ‘ happy place ’ where a few employees had gone about beaming from ear to ear , high on drugs , and where they ‘ did a better dance than the Kwik-Fit fitters ’ . |
| 21 | Cranston asked directions from a one-eyed beggarman and came back beaming from ear to ear . |
| 22 | Ralf the pedlar stood in the centre of the drawbridge , a pleased smile stretching from ear to ear . |
| 23 | He surfed the most savage seas , smiling from ear to ear and hooting with joy , and he saved many lives . |
| 24 | Randolph , smiling from ear to ear , quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory . |