Example sentences of "[pers pn] saw the [adj] face " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 2 | She saw the smiling face of a beautiful young girl , a child almost . |
| 3 | When she turned her head she saw the calm face of a man , a gentle man , a debonair man , a wandering but caring man . |
| 4 | He saw the hideous face of the huge thrashing thing before him , superimposed on that blank mask , and knew that it was the face he had been looking for since the death of his wife and son . |
| 5 | A cry of horror came from the artist when he saw the terrible face in the portrait . |
| 6 | He smiled as he saw the beautiful face in front of him , and for a moment he felt happy . |