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  • But the mother of Bâtard, as he dimly remembered her, was snarling, bickering, obscene, husky, full-fronted and heavy-chested, with a malign eye, a cat-like grip on life, and a genius for trickery and evil.

    BÂTARD 2010

  • He was at the other end for the whole of Ian Botham's 118 against Australia at Old Trafford in 1981 and his demeanour, the constant gardening, full-fronted stance, stoical disposition and Charlie Chaplin walk gave him a gift for getting up Australian noses as the antithesis of their medallions, plush chest-hair, groin-hugging shorts, VB beer and macho swagger.

    Pakistan's Azhar joins Barnacle and Boycott as new kid with the block | Rob Bagchi 2012

  • But the mother of Bâtard, as he dimly remembered her, was snarling, bickering, obscene, husky, full-fronted and heavy-chested, with a malign eye, a cat-like grip on life, and a genius for trickery and evil.

    Batard 1904

  • But the mother of Diable, as he dimly remembered her, was a snarling, bickering husky, full-fronted and heavy-chested, with a malign eye, a cat-like grip on life, and a genius for trickery and evil.

    Diable - A Dog 1902

  • A tall, erect, full-fronted man, a superb figure in a frock coat.

    The Combined Maze May Sinclair 1904

  • It stood full-fronted to the north, and had opposed its massive walls and huge battlements to every sort of storm for many centuries.

    Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889

  • But amid all the ruined blossoms of earth, by the side of the dead, and full-fronted to the tempest, stood one living man, for whom life had no charm, and death no terror -- the King!

    Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889

  • The curtains were drawn across the western window, to close the conflict between God's light and man's, and then this well-known gentleman, having placed his bottle handily -- for he never "put wine into two whites," to use his own expression -- arose with his solid frame as tranquil as a rock, and his full-fronted head like a piece of it.

    Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War 1862

  • The likely result is that the Senate legislation won't become law, and that a full-fronted confrontation with China will be avoided.

    MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2011

  • The curtains were drawn across the western window, to close the conflict between God’s light and man’s, and then this well-known gentleman, having placed his bottle handily — for he never “put wine into two whites,” to use his own expression — arose with his solid frame as tranquil as a rock, and his full-fronted head like a piece of it.

    Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

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