Example sentences of "his [noun sg] be the colour " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came from Ethiopia , and his skin was the colour of glistening wet coal except for the palms of his hands , which were sandy pale , and the whites of his eyes , which twinkled like sunshine on fresh clean snow . |
| 2 | His hair was the colour of spun gold , and two body slaves were doing their best to comb it out so that it could be braided . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His face was the colour of café au lait left standing overnight . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |