Example sentences of "face set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he glanced at the letter in his hand again , and his face set into a dark , determined expression . |
| 2 | He saw Steve 's small pretty-boy 's face set like a hard little mask . |
| 3 | Amanda Harris plays her as a termagant who steams about like the mad woman in the attic , her face set in a perpetual lockjawed scowl . |
| 4 | Her eldest brother Mickey was walking up and down the room talking , his face set in a dark scowl . |
| 5 | She looked round once and saw Adam stumbling after her with Liban , his face set in a wild , burning stare . |
| 6 | Branson stood beside Simon Draper , visibly shaking , his face set in a grim mask , ‘ I ca n't tell you , ’ he began , ‘ how sad I am that people have felt the need to have a meeting , without Simon and I being present . |
| 7 | Finn put on a mask and turned into Mephistopheles , shaggy eyebrows and moustache , pointed beard on a mottled , red and yellow face set in a snarl . |
| 8 | After a few moments , a man entered , his face set in a grim expression that , while not malicious , certainly did n't show any sign of sympathy for their cause . |
| 9 | ‘ What are you waiting for ? ’ she murmured , imagining his face set in a stubborn frown . |
| 10 | Her face set in a mask of intense fury , she slammed the doors hard as she left the court . |
| 11 | He was in his middle thirties , his square tanned face set in a permanent appreciative smile , dark hair cut neat and fairly short . |
| 12 | He wrenched himself from her arms , leaving her suddenly chilled although the night was still very mild , and paced away from her on the veranda , then circled back to stare down at her once again , his face set in a grim , frowning mask . |
| 13 | He shifted his grip on his sword and , as the leading rider drew near , stepped out onto the road with a hand held up and his face set in a grin nicely calculated to reassure yet threaten . |
| 14 | God knows I 'm a failure , an insignificant speck of human nothingness trampled on indifferently by every casual passer-by , thought Dyson as he followed his wife out of the kitchen into the living-room , with his fists clenched in his trouser pockets and his face set in an unyielding frown , but there is one thing in this world that I 'm not going to stand for , and that 's being nagged by my wife . |