Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] face " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're a cruel man , ’ she told him later , putting on a mournful face .
2 If she had been Nick she would have cried , or at least put on a hurt face .
3 Rex put on a fierce face .
4 At breakfast she found no difficulty in putting on a bright face , directing most of her attention to Matt , who , for some unknown reason , appeared to be in a gloomy mood , and who had little to say in response to her cheerful remarks .
5 She put on a calm face .
6 ‘ I do n't quite know how to handle it , ’ said David , lowering his voice and putting on a mock-serious face .
7 So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg .
8 Hoskin 's chairman , Barry Hoar , is putting on a brave face and has told shareholders that ‘ your directors view the future with confidence . ’
9 Marjorie and Bill were left to cope with their own personal loss while putting on a brave face for each other .
10 Charles put on a brave face to the world , but secretly he was in turmoil for many , many months ; and one other person who helped see him through this period was Diana .
11 The Bookman put on a brave face and smiled , but Endill knew there was nothing to smile about .
12 He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club .
13 Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face .
14 Later he put on a brave face , showing little sign of the strain of the day as he smiled and joked with guests at the Guildhall in the City of London .
15 Putting on a brave face for colleagues may also compound the feeling of inauthenticity or emptiness which they are experiencing in the classroom .
16 In spite of recent emotional dramas or conflicts , you must put on a brave face and allow others to share your load .
17 He was shattered , though he put on a brave face .
18 Tears came to my eyes and to Bruno 's , but my mother put on a brave face .
19 ‘ You , Fernando Serra , are either lying through your teeth , putting on a brave face or you have the same loose sort of arrangement with your mistress as you accused me of having with Steve . ’
20 Newspaper staff put on a brave face .
21 Meanwhile , Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week 's devastating floods .
22 The mere fact that the idea of by-passing Parliament has been floated is an indication that the Government , in spite of putting on a brave face , is worried about losing to a combination of Opposition MPs and Tory Euro-rebels .
23 The mood in the Bush camp yesterday swung from ‘ maybe we 'll get lucky ’ to resignation , but Mr Bush put on a brave face .
24 Di was putting on a brave face today amidst speculation that their marriage is undergoing a serious rift is threatening to eclipse their visit to South Korea the first by members of the Royal Family .
25 PRINCESS DIANA put on a brave face today as rumours persisted of a serious royal marriage rift .
26 Put on a happy face .
27 They questioned a lot of people , especially the women , each one of whom put on an innocent face and answered :
28 She always smiled and only put on an angry face when she was being teased .
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