Example sentences of "face be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one notable feature in his face were the eyes ; they were brilliant blue , recognised as the colour of gentians by those who had travelled to the Swiss mountains in summer . |
| 2 | His lips trailing over her face were the greatest comfort she could think of . |
| 3 | Blanche , on the other hand , loved her café with its ramshackle tables , grubby menus and her face being the only one in the restaurant that was not Asian . |
| 4 | As John Weaver said ( 1708 ) : ‘ The face is the mirror of the soul ’ , and in dance ‘ must speak through the eyes ’ . |
| 5 | The person with a healthy Inner Face is the one who is most able to form good relationships with others ; he does not feel that he has to put on an act to impress yet neither does he feel superior to those with whom he comes in contact . |
| 6 | A BIG smile on your child 's face is the best holiday treat of all . |
| 7 | SEXY Hollywood star Julia Roberts , 24 , who shot to fame in Pretty Woman , hates make-up … because her face is the wrong shape . |
| 8 | Face to face is the most formal , side by side the least formal , seating at right angles is often a suitable compromise . |
| 9 | The face is the eight by ten glossy of the 1980s : what women wanted and men mostly resented — young , rich , glamorous , able to reach fine women in a single bound . |
| 10 | The next problem that the Government face is the fear of evictions . |
| 11 | Possibly the most difficult problem of all that bats face is the danger of inadvertent " jamming " by the cries of other bats . |
| 12 | His face was the usual grey colour , his mouth was open and his eyes were staring upwards . |
| 13 | Her face was the candlelit colour of tallow . |
| 14 | His face was the colour of a new cricket ball ; a small graze on his top lip being the only vestige of his controversial shaving injury . |
| 15 | Many years ago , before aerobics was invented , Clare , the well-known natural beauty and massage guru , expounded her theory that keeping a serene face was the best bet for a wrinkle-free future . |
| 16 | A white face was the only qualification required for work , modelling or hamming it up in a TV commercial . |
| 17 | His face was the same colour as that of the King when the royal cohort arrived from the palace . |
| 18 | His face was the colour of café au lait left standing overnight . |
| 19 | ONCE UPON a time The Face was the style bible not of gits in fake fur-trimmed parkas and yups looking for new big ties , but of crazy over-made-up early '80s youth , for whom mum 's old curtains and too much eye-liner signified SEX and REVOLUTION . |
| 20 | Her face was the man 's face , thin as a blade and bald above . |
| 21 | Now the skin had puckered into a million wrinkles , and on her shapeless face was the stamp of unutterable age . |
| 22 | And his face was the face of the hawk as it stoops , and the face of the shrew as the hawk stoops . |
| 23 | The only alteration in her face was the pucker of her lips melting into a pout of unrelieved gloom as they shut the door behind them . |
| 24 | ‘ She did n't utter any reproach , but her face was the greatest reproach anyone could make . ’ |
| 25 | The boy was barely conscious now ; his face was the colour of tallow candles and his body sagged , held only in position by the crimson lights . |
| 26 | His face was the colour of tallow and blood and saliva ran down his chin and the two Renascians saw that his lips were bitten to shreds . |
| 27 | Jack 's normally ruddy face was the colour of putty . |
| 28 | That face , though the hair had been shaven from its head , leaving the skull bald and patterned with livid scars — that face was the face of Justine Moritz . |
| 29 | Her face was the face of an actress , moulded into friendly , curious lines , but her eyes were not friendly at all . |