Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pos pn] face " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She shook her head to rearrange her disarrayed hair ; the golden tresses tumbling about her face and shoulders in glorious abandon made her look doubly desirable . |
| 2 | The other woman shook her head bemusedly , sending her tousled red curls tumbling about her face . |
| 3 | Rory shook her head , sending her long wheat-coloured curls tumbling about her face . |
| 4 | Her hat lay beside her and she found that her piled-up fair hair had been released and had fallen about her face . |
| 5 | Jenny was in her dressing-gown , her blonde hair tumbled about her face , which was bereft of make-up , the eyes puffy from weeping . |
| 6 | The rain beat against my face , pasted my hair to my scalp , ran down my neck . |
| 7 | Other books talk of Japan 's ability to hide behind its face , of the gap between tatemae , the way things are said to be , and honne , the way they really are . |
| 8 | A shoot of the rambler clinging precariously to the trellis whipped round and slashed against his face . |
| 9 | His look of rage vanished and he held out his arms to her , laughing into her face . |
| 10 | He peered into her face . |
| 11 | She did neither until Beryl , her face full of concern , peered into her face and said , ‘ Oh , lovey , have I said something ? ’ |
| 12 | And peered into his face , as she had done to him as a child , searching for signs of fever . |
| 13 | Only then , as the brilliant colour swam into her face , was Lindsey aware of Niall , shielding her from the other man 's gaze , gaining her the precious seconds she needed to recover . |
| 14 | ‘ How did I get here ? ’ she wondered briefly before a conflagration of raw heat crashed into her face . |
| 15 | Shiona had looked into his face with a stab of emotion , and just for a moment had been unable to speak . |
| 16 | The boy looks into my face , wondering what to say next . |
| 17 | He stops beside the kerb and looks into my face as if he has seen something there he never saw before . |
| 18 | When he turned back into it , waves smashed into his face but the tangled stays had caught round the bow pulpits , holding the thrashing mast sections at bay . |
| 19 | He tried to yell instructions , but water smashed into his face , filling his mouth and nose , suffocating and blinding him . |
| 20 | In an attempt to shake me off , his elbow smashed into my face , breaking my nose and a canine tooth . |
| 21 | With resignation she felt the colour steal into her face , and knew he would n't believe her even as she tried to explain that she had n't even seen the rings but had been absorbed by the ornaments . |
| 22 | By the time I stumbled to the summit of Cairn Gorm , it was hard to stand up straight , and the snow driving into my face stung like shotgun pellets . |
| 23 | The slot flusher which closes off the gap on the underside left by the daggerboard case needs to work effectively otherwise , as well as being slowed down , you will have a fountain of water blasting into your face when you go fast . |
| 24 | I did that one day when things got hairier than usual , went down to where some bandit was trying to rip us off and practically rubbed beards with him and shouted into his face I Want To Work For Christ 's Sake Let Me Work , but Vic said that was n't being helpful . |
| 25 | Laura pulled his hands from his head and shouted into his face . |
| 26 | And when he still did n't say anything she went up to him and shouted into his face , ‘ You think I 'm a slut and a common thief ! |
| 27 | His abuse beat in her face like rain so heavy that it forced shut her eyes . |
| 28 | He had walked along this track with Sandy , arm in arm , and as the wind beat in his face he recalled the weather had been similar . |
| 29 | He was in a gutter , cold clean water running around him , washing the grime and sleep from his face . |
| 30 | The bandages were lifted from her face . |