Example sentences of "[verb] on a brave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newspaper staff put on a brave face . |
| 2 | Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face . |
| 3 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 4 | Hoskin 's chairman , Barry Hoar , is putting on a brave face and has told shareholders that ‘ your directors view the future with confidence . ’ |
| 5 | Marjorie and Bill were left to cope with their own personal loss while putting on a brave face for each other . |
| 6 | Wasps can only wish then that this weekend 's activities are as fruitful , the students putting on a brave show with two second-half tries from their dashing wing , Andy Parton , but Wasps — fielding only two of this season 's first-teamers — winning with something to spare thanks largely to the goal-kicking of Paddy Young . |
| 7 | They were going through the motions on television but their voices , face and body language were vividly clear — they knew they would lose and they were putting on a brave front . |
| 8 | Putting on a brave face for colleagues may also compound the feeling of inauthenticity or emptiness which they are experiencing in the classroom . |
| 9 | ‘ Barely audible , Kittykins , ’ Laura confided , putting on a brave show of a scarlet hat and a velvet coat stamped with heraldic signs in gold . |
| 10 | ‘ You , Fernando Serra , are either lying through your teeth , putting on a brave face or you have the same loose sort of arrangement with your mistress as you accused me of having with Steve . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It was infatuation after all for us , ’ she told him , putting on a brave smile . |
| 12 | When Rachel had recovered from the customary burst of rage which Damian Flint so effortlessly produced in her every time she saw him , she went out on to the terrace , putting on a brave smile for her father . |
| 13 | The mere fact that the idea of by-passing Parliament has been floated is an indication that the Government , in spite of putting on a brave face , is worried about losing to a combination of Opposition MPs and Tory Euro-rebels . |
| 14 | Di was putting on a brave face today amidst speculation that their marriage is undergoing a serious rift is threatening to eclipse their visit to South Korea the first by members of the Royal Family . |
| 15 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales were putting on a brave front today . |
| 16 | In spite of recent emotional dramas or conflicts , you must put on a brave face and allow others to share your load . |
| 17 | Charles put on a brave face to the world , but secretly he was in turmoil for many , many months ; and one other person who helped see him through this period was Diana . |
| 18 | She put on a brave show when she was tried in New York last year in connection with some property deals . |
| 19 | The Bookman put on a brave face and smiled , but Endill knew there was nothing to smile about . |
| 20 | In the Commissioner 's office she put on a brave front . |
| 21 | He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club . |
| 22 | Later he put on a brave face , showing little sign of the strain of the day as he smiled and joked with guests at the Guildhall in the City of London . |
| 23 | The magazine added : ‘ Jerry put on a brave front , not letting a trace of the strain she was under show through . |
| 24 | He was shattered , though he put on a brave face . |
| 25 | Tears came to my eyes and to Bruno 's , but my mother put on a brave face . |
| 26 | Magill put on a brave wry smile . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week 's devastating floods . |
| 28 | The mood in the Bush camp yesterday swung from ‘ maybe we 'll get lucky ’ to resignation , but Mr Bush put on a brave face . |
| 29 | PRINCESS DIANA put on a brave face today as rumours persisted of a serious royal marriage rift . |