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Meanings of were beads in English

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Usage of were beads in English
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When it finally subsided there were beads of sweat over her forehead.
In a gilded cage
2
There were beads and pins and little mirrors for the women.
Daniel Boone / Taming the Wilds
3
There were beads of perspiration on his forehead, but the night was warm.
The Odds / And Other Stories
4
There were beads of water in Willa's hair and they glittered in the candlelight.
The man who ate the 747
5
But there were beads of perspiration on the major's brow.
The Snare
6
There were beads of perspiration on his forehead and he was as white as death.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919.
7
There were beads of sweat on his upper lip.
Judith of the Godless Valley
8
There were beads of perspiration upon his forehead, his eyes were filled with reminiscent horror.
The Vanished Messenger
9
There were beads of sweat on his hairy chest.
God don't like ugly
10
In the folds of skin at the back of his neck were beads of perspiration.
Atonement
11
There were beads of perspiration on his brow.
The Secret Adversary
12
There were beads of perspiration on his forehead.
The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
13
There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
Operation: Outer Space
14
There were beads of perspiration on his forehead, and his footsteps began to drag a little.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
15
My heart beat like a trip-hammer, and there were beads of cold perspiration on my face.
Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune
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His face was pale, his hands shook, and there were beads of perspiration on his brow.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
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