Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [art] faces " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shine of priestly indifference on the faces of shopkeeper and barman . |
| 2 | The tension on the faces of McGowan and Carlo . |
| 3 | By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ . |
| 4 | I 'm sure none of us noticed what must have been expressions of pure panic on the faces of our two teachers and the several parents who had volunteered to keep their own children and their classmates from certain death by drowning in the pool . |
| 5 | THE OBVIOUS delight on the faces of Digital 's Ayrshire workforce at the news that their jobs had been secured was tempered yesterday by the knowledge that their good fortune meant dismay for their fellow workers in Galway . |
| 6 | In the pictures of Belsen , the sheer anguish on the faces of the Tommies contrasts starkly with the indifference of the SS recorded in their cheery souvenir albums . |
| 7 | COMEDIAN Ken Dodd will put a smile on the faces of patients and staff when he visits the Royal Liverpool University Hospital next Wednesday to open the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service tea bar , which has undergone a £40,000 facelift . |
| 8 | The feasting for the day of Christ 's resurrection painted bright patches of colour on the faces of the men ; their voices rose , their limbs spread , they called out compliments on the food to the women who made it ; Davide 's uncle praised Nunzia to her father , singling out her good humour , comparing it favourably to his own wife 's melancholy , to which she in her turn , hearing herself commented upon , tossed her head , and set her jaw . |
| 9 | Yet in being forced to come to the Commons to tidy up the mess — though splattering egg on the faces of the Foreign Office lawyers and his colleague Tristan Garel-Jones in the process — Hurd confirmed what a few MPs have known for months . |
| 10 | He could see the indulgent amusement on the faces of his friends , the pleasure of his enemies , the child lurching , sticky-fingered , about the flat . |
| 11 | This explains the neutral look on the faces of people in the streets . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ You should have seen the look on the faces of the children this morning . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ You should have seen the look on the faces of the children this morning . |
| 14 | Privates scampered around trying to locate missing items of personal kit , NCOs were supervising the application of camouflage cream on the faces of section personnel , and squadron officers were discussing the final plans for the training . |
| 15 | She began to recognise Finn 's idiosyncratic painter 's hand , showing itself in the blossoming horses , the queer , saucer-shaped faces of pig and owl , the speckled peacock glory of the birds , the strained , professional grimaces on the faces of the tumblers , the tight-lipped endeavour on the faces of the hammering men . |
| 16 | Fans weep as they see the torment on the faces of their countrymen . |
| 17 | The expression on the faces of some of the nomes said that they definitely agreed with this point of view , and that among the people who should n't be out on a night like this was themselves . |
| 18 | But one look at the uniform blankness of expression on the faces of the ‘ crowd ’ should tell you all you need to know . |
| 19 | I have so many indelible impressions of that day : of cutting a soldier 's clothes off his body with scissors as he screamed with pain ; of a young man seizing my hand with an iron grip as he groaned ‘ I 'm dying — I ca n't bear the pain ’ ; of a baby girl less than two years old just staring ahead as the blood soaked into her clothes ; of the terrible vacant look caused by shell-shock on the faces of teenage soldiers ; of the stench of human excrement , urine and blood as the nurses and nuns struggled to clean up the patients . |
| 20 | ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped . |
| 21 | As we filed out , Joy noticed ill-disguised interest on the faces of the undertaker and bearers of the next party waiting for their ceremony ( they do n't waste time in these places , and you may be penalized if you are late ) . |