Example sentences of "hair and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was talking to a small wizened man with long hair and a curved bone through his cheeks which made him appear tusked . |
| 2 | The career of one of his Foreign Office contemporaries had been said to have foundered after he said ‘ Pepper and salt ’ to the wife of a diplomat with uncertainly coloured hair and a poor command of the English language . |
| 3 | The passenger is about 22 , also with very short hair and a round face . |
| 4 | The older boy , leaner and more muscular , has shorter hair and a small skull-cap which may conceal a tonsure . |
| 5 | He was a stocky fifty-eight-year-old with grey hair and a small goatee beard which looked as if it had been stuck on to his chin with glue . |
| 6 | The composer , with talcum powder-white hair and a young face , dying content in his bed , surrounded by adoring and grieving children , his music living on . |
| 7 | Untidy hair and a sloppy manner of dress can create a lack of confidence . |
| 8 | And at almost six foot tall , with a mane of thick hair and a fascinating face which can be transformed from seriously plain to startlingly attractive — witnessed by her TV debut success in The Life And Love Of A She-Devil — she has an extra-large helping of outspoken opinions to match . |
| 9 | In his sixties , he had a mane of white hair and a kindly expression . |
| 10 | More bangs from the rear of the house , the door through to the kitchen slammed back against the wall , the room filled with soldiers , and in the wrecked doorway a tall , slim officer was making a small ceremony of ushering in a man with long grey hair and a black coat . |
| 11 | Outside stood a man , middle-aged , with thinning dark hair and a black moustache , wearing jeans and a lightweight jacket in pale blue plastic . |
| 12 | He had grey hair and a black moustache which rose and fell as he breathed . |
| 13 | The agent came forward to meet her , a short , plump man , nattily dressed , with thinning hair and a black moustache . |
| 14 | Certainly , Cicciolina is a beautiful woman who looks like an older , sleazy Brooke Shields with straight , platinum-blond hair and a strange set of thick , auburn-tinted brows . |
| 15 | At the front of the line a man in short hair and a blue suit directs them to different booths as they become available . |
| 16 | He was a tall boy , with curly brown hair and a friendly smile . |
| 17 | Det Sgt Norburn , of the Yorkshire force said : ‘ Anyone who is going to take a holiday in Greece can play their part by keeping a lookout for a child with a shock of white hair and a friendly disposition . ’ |
| 18 | She watched his profile in the dark car and it pleased her , soft floppy hair and a decent nose . |
| 19 | The same familiar figure , untidily dressed , with too-long hair and a hang-dog look about him . |
| 20 | He had light brown hair and a feral quality about him that made people do what he wanted . |
| 21 | The man she was with — and who has never been traced — is described as aged between 20 and 25 , with dark hair and a tanned complexion . |
| 22 | A young girl with dark hair and a pert manner came to the enquiry window . |
| 23 | Bruce was a short , stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition . |
| 24 | A large , fleshy , amiable bloke with a shock of gingery brown hair and a chummy manner which concealed a burning desire to be somebody , to get on in the world , Mick ( how his new girlfriend , Amanda , hated that nickname ! ) had no real interest in the ideological struggle . |
| 25 | Short and plump , with receding hair and a peeved expression , Pietro looked at first sight like an English tourist who had come to complain about his belongings being stolen from his hotel room , full of righteous indignation about Italy being a den of thieves and demanding to know when the authorities proposed to do something about it . |
| 26 | He was in his early fifties with wavy black hair and a craggy face which was scarred around the cheeks and mouth from teenage acne . |
| 27 | The engine stopped alongside her and a young man with blond hair and a cheery smile jumped down . |
| 28 | A tall , powerfully built man with short hair and a well-trimmed moustache , he paid his respects to the young gangsters who were technically his enemies . |
| 29 | The woman has bleached orange hair and a shapeless tweed skirt ; the man wears a rust-coloured suit and a bawdy fifties style tie , and a top hat . |
| 30 | Joseph Barry , 28 , ( above ) is described as about 5ft 8ins , heavily built , with auburn hair and a ruddy complexion . |