Example sentences of "[unc] face [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There was a strong wind , and the two men 's faces were white with snow .
2 Marie 's face is real white and she 's still sort of staring like she do n't know what 's going on .
3 Philip 's face is sad , shadows are in his eyes as he turns to look .
4 If the mother 's face is unresponsive , then the mirror is a thing to be looked at but not looked into . ’
5 Mancarelli 's face is white and he is angry .
6 Pa 's face is stern .
7 The nun 's face was sad .
8 The Knave 's face was sad .
9 Adai 's face was sad .
10 Alexandra 's face was fiery .
11 The look on the dead man 's face was ghastly , as if some phantom of the night had stopped his heart .
12 The boy 's face was grubby around the mouth .
13 The expression on Zurachina 's face was impossible to read .
14 Apart from a swollen lip Meredith 's face was unmarked .
15 Adam 's face was mere inches from her own , his eyes hot with a fury she had never witnessed in him before .
16 The expression which made its way onto Artai 's face was familiar enough .
17 Sarah 's face was haggard .
18 Jacques Devraux 's face was visible in the rearview mirror and his cold expression did not flicker as he held his hand firmly on the blaring horn .
19 He gestured towards the first of a long row of recuperation pods , where Christine LaFayette 's face was visible through a clear plastic window .
20 The shape of woman 's face was far in advance of that of man ; in the number of teeth they were leading evolution ; they had more grace and more perfect physical beauty .
21 The little man 's face was avid , glee battling with commiseration .
22 Thorfinn 's face was hollow , as hers was .
23 Sarah 's face was young .
24 Her daughter 's face was exquisite even when she was terrified .
25 Seen without the concealing hood , the Robemaker 's face was mutilated and eaten away , so that here and there white bone gleamed .
26 Suragai 's face was immobile .
27 Rebecca 's face was deathly white , her lips colourless .
28 Caro 's face was paler , but still fresh and absurdly youthful .
29 You did n't have to tread softly with such as he and he wondered scornfully why the fellow 's face was lard-coloured .
30 Charles 's face was stony as he gazed unwinking at the scene .
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