Example sentences of "face and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wiped it off his face and slapped it onto the cardboard . ’ |
| 2 | He took her chin between finger and thumb , turning her face and drowning her in the warm amber light of his eyes . |
| 3 | Donna pulled the flannel from her face and put it on the side of the bath . |
| 4 | Then Charlie was smearing blood over his face and wiping it over the bass guitarist . |
| 5 | Then he pulled the mask off his face and threw it on the ground . |
| 6 | When he found the man he threw the acid into his face and beat him with the hammer , fracturing his skull and his thumb . |
| 7 | The teenager tried to run away when the youths approached him but they punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground . |
| 8 | Mortified , she turned her face and hid it in the crook of her arm . |
| 9 | My only hope , should I ever see the show again , would be to cling-film the whole face and fasten it below the chin with a Twist'n Seal . |
| 10 | kiss your arse to your face and kick you in the teeth |
| 11 | your face and kick you in the teeth |
| 12 | She fixed her star-like eyes upon my face and startled me with the question , ‘ When are you going to meet me underneath the trees ? ’ |