After a moment he straightened up, still alert, and spoke into the microphone fixed before his lips.

"All shots off," he said into the button before his lips.

The girl blinked once, the only indication of surprise before her lips formed the negative.

Fingers poised before his lips, he considered their choices.

She looked around at him, confused for a moment before her lips quirked into a small grin.

I had to place a hand before my lips so as not to appear an idiot, smiling to myself as if at nothing.

A cup is placed before his lips, and he sips.

The small ring radio was directly before her lips.

There was a small, flesh-colored mike slung before his lips.

"He came out of the chamber, and had held a glass for some minutes before the cardinal's lips."