Example sentences of "[pos pn] face was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her face was the candlelit colour of tallow . |
| 2 | Her face was the man 's face , thin as a blade and bald above . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ She did n't utter any reproach , but her face was the greatest reproach anyone could make . ’ |
| 5 | Her face was the face of an actress , moulded into friendly , curious lines , but her eyes were not friendly at all . |
| 6 | His face was the usual grey colour , his mouth was open and his eyes were staring upwards . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His face was the same colour as that of the King when the royal cohort arrived from the palace . |
| 9 | His face was the colour of café au lait left standing overnight . |
| 10 | And his face was the face of the hawk as it stoops , and the face of the shrew as the hawk stoops . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |