Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a [adj] face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , erm , I had a new face made eleven years ago , and I 'm very happy with this face . |
| 2 | No wonder I had a fat face . |
| 3 | I had a smiling face , I expect . |
| 4 | She had a heart-shaped face , of striking , creamy smoothness , and broader than its length from brow to chin , like the bright , intelligent countenance of a young cat , innocent , assured and inquisitive . |
| 5 | She had a round face , round eyes which she rolled and raised to the ceiling while she spake ( spoke was too mundane a term for her pronouncements ) and she invariably began these pronouncements with ‘ Whooo — ’ to which Jane mentally added ‘ To-whit-too-whoo ’ , and concluded that there must be an owl species called Shurll . |
| 6 | She had a kindly face and smooth soft skin . |
| 7 | She had a long face and such a naked forehead , Daisy found herself turning her into a polo pony . |
| 8 | Her hair was short and dark , and she had a long face with a mobile mouth and crooked teeth . |
| 9 | No she had a smiling face |
| 10 | She had a childish face and her other arm was raised , her hand stretched as if beckoning or about to smother a giggle . |
| 11 | She was n't tall and she was slightly heavy , but she had a pleasing face with soft eyes ; perhaps she 'd never be a beauty , but age would never make her ugly either . |
| 12 | She had a remarkable face , one that denoted a quick intellect and a kind heart . |
| 13 | She had a square face and large brown eyes , smiling . |
| 14 | Gran said , ‘ She had a lovely face , and hair as fair as a baby 's , long enough to sit on . |
| 15 | Gran was lovely — I know she was old and had awful clothes , but everyone loved her and she had a lovely face , like a statue . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You had a brave face on earlier tonight : you were going to lead your own life , were n't you ? |
| 17 | He had a nice face and I had got used to him . |
| 18 | He had a pleasant face whose lines were more likely the result of his generally cheerful disposition rather than worry or the onset of middle age . |
| 19 | His father told him that story : his father looked at him through a glass : he had a hairy face . |
| 20 | He had a round face , large furry ears , a long curly tail and huge paws , and his thick yellow coat was decorated with large black spots . |
| 21 | He had a round face , a hard set expression , and a way of speaking with his mouth scarcely open so that his words fell out as though under the weight of their meaning . |
| 22 | He had a round face that had n't done much smiling until middle age , and an uptilted nose that perhaps had been busted and reset by a plumber . |
| 23 | He had a round face and was wearing a baseball cap . |
| 24 | He had a round face and was wearing a baseball cap . |
| 25 | Nothing perturbed him , and he had a sphinx-like face , with amber eyes which seemed to look into your soul . |
| 26 | He had a depressed face with long lines of worry . |
| 27 | He had a dark face , with angry-looking eyes , and was about thirty-five . |
| 28 | He was forty-one years old , but he had a young face , like a boy . |
| 29 | He had a louse-ridden face , dirty blond hair and carmine-painted lips . |
| 30 | He had a strong face , the jaw almost rugged , the nose classically bridged . |