Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] drawn " in BNC.
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| 1 | The panic was absorbed by his warmth , the hard resilient muscles of his body , absorbed and drawn and sucked out of her . |
| 2 | He had arrived grimly silent , his face old and drawn , the great scar livid and prominent . |
| 3 | Fearing a tragedy of epic proportions — her mind leapt at once to Penini and then to Miss Arabel — she knocked on the open door and Mr Browning came through from the other room , so haggard and drawn in contrast to his morning self that once more she was convinced something dreadful had happened . |
| 4 | I had lost a stone in weight , which being thin in the first place I could n't afford , and looked haggard and drawn . |
| 5 | The rosy bloom of her cheeks had faded , leaving her sallow and drawn . |
| 6 | She looked fatigued and drawn . |
| 7 | The parents left the Children 's Panel offices looking tense and drawn . |
| 8 | Where that one had been tense and drawn , this one was soft and rosy , warm and sensuous . |
| 9 | Her face was white and drawn . |
| 10 | He seemed to have lost weight , and his face was all white and drawn , and his hair , which he normally keeps quite neat , was getting straggly . |
| 11 | Belle Maman looked white and drawn beneath her pink velvet and chiffon hat , in her arms the baby in christening robes and shawl . |
| 12 | Alexandra could imagine her face , white and drawn , her eyes shut against the effort of calling , the effort of standing there with almost all her weight on the one leg that was any use to her . |
| 13 | I gazed around and noticed how white and drawn everyone was . |
| 14 | Victor was confronting me , his face white and drawn . |
| 15 | His face , less hollowed and drawn already than her first impression of it , possessed a quality in repose she could only describe as beauty , of a very virile , masculine variety . |
| 16 | Armies so non-national and drawn so largely from the lowest strata of the social pyramid were prone to lose men by desertion . |
| 17 | Colours can be speckled or drawn , in patches or with smooth line ; they can be made to ‘ jump ’ or flow , overlap and , to a certain extent , rubbed into or onto others . |
| 18 | This morning an old Mexican guy and his wife got on ; she looked tired and drawn , he had a baseball cap with Mi Otra Esposa Es Guera — My Other Wife Is A Blond ! |
| 19 | This particular Tuesday Georgina Taylor came in looking tired and drawn . |
| 20 | Now , she appeared simply as she really was : a woman who was tired and drawn , and far from home . |
| 21 | He looked tired and drawn , but his mouth was still a determined line . |
| 22 | The Archon looked tired and drawn . |
| 23 | He suddenly looked tired and drawn . |
| 24 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
| 25 | He looked tired and drawn and her heart went out to him , but when he caught sight of Belinda the smile was back on his face . |
| 26 | Looking tired and drawn , she said : ‘ David , we want you to come forward by any means . |
| 27 | Looking tired and drawn as she paid a visit to the homes in Wirral and Warrington , she was quick to point out to photographers that she 'd had an early start . |
| 28 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |
| 29 | Do you have any recollections of any particular disputes and maybe an answer that you could possibly sort of , make a few comments on whether you felt the the procedures were worked out so finely that they in fact prevented disputes because they were so long and drawn out perhaps or er it took the fire out of disputes if you like ? |
| 30 | It 's a long and drawn out affair — one minute of cartoon can take weeks to build . |