Example sentences of "took on [art] [adj] expression " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madeleine 's face took on a new expression . |
| 2 | His eyes took on a dreamy expression and by the time I had intoned " Archibald , Marshall , English , Mc Phail and Morton , " there was something near to a wistful smile on his lips . |
| 3 | His face took on a faint expression of sad remembrance . |
| 4 | Their faces took on a different expression ; they grew more spruce and upright of bearing , ceased to loll about on the tables or against the walls , and held themselves up . |
| 5 | His face took on a long-suffering expression . |
| 6 | There are times ’ — Rose 's face took on the fierce expression of a schoolgirl talking about her most hated teacher — ‘ when I 'd like to brain her with one of her own golf-clubs ! ’ |