Example sentences of "[pron] face a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | my face a smudged thumbprint |
| 2 | Near to my face a human hand was moving . |
| 3 | He had burned it himself on the fire he had made against the fruit-garden wall and it might be that no copies of it existed , yet in his mind 's eye it recreated itself , the child for ever stilled , its face a waxen mask , the old doctor haggard with sorrow and lack of sleep , the mirror no breath had misted held in his hand , the parents in each other 's arms . |
| 4 | Her face a rice-white mask of impassivity above the elaborately arranged draperies of her kimono , she looks more objet d'art than human being . |
| 5 | Now that his eyes had adjusted to the light , Patrick could just about make out the vague shape of the young woman before him , her face a dim grey against the paler shape of her nightdress . |
| 6 | A mousy-looking woman sat on the end of the bed , her face a blank-looking O of surprise . |
| 7 | her hair is teased into spikes and her face a pallid mask of make-up , livid colours on her eyes and mouth . |
| 8 | He lay , propped up by pillows , his face a slaty waste of sagging flesh , with lines of tension around the mouth and dull eyes . |
| 9 | On the floor of room 41 is the shrivelled corpse of an Orc in filthy , rusted chain mail , clutching at a battle axe , slain without a mark on his body , his face a frozen mask of fear even now . |
| 10 | Tutilo was standing fronting them , erect and rigid , his face a narrow , pale flame , his amber eyes wide and wild . |
| 11 | The scar gave his face a mocking , sardonic cast except when he smiled . |
| 12 | The exoskeleton opened evicting a moaning Ed McEd , his face a ghastly white . |
| 13 | It was something of a shock to see one Polynesian , his face a wide grin , trot down the gangplank carrying a sack of flour on his head and one of my suitcases in his right hand . |
| 14 | His face a black skull with a slaty shine , |
| 15 | He looked at her and smiled slightly , the smile lending his face a certain boyish charm . |
| 16 | He nodded his head slowly , his face a rigid mask . |
| 17 | Volumnia can easily be played as a sexless harridan : Ms Jefford interprets her as a passionate woman who dominates her son physically as well as spiritually , even to the extent of giving his face a resounding slap when he is recalcitrant . |
| 18 | She could see fly across his face a whole sequence of emotions and responses . |
| 19 | But Rohmer just sat and watched , his face a blank mask . |
| 20 | The stranger stepped towards her , his face a harsh dark mask of anger . |
| 21 | I 'll describe things as they were : Ruthven was slumped across the desk , his head on his arm , his face a whitish-blue , mouth open , eyes staring but sightless . |
| 22 | Benjamin spun round , his face a white mask in the darkness . |