Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [pron] face " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used one shirt sleeve to wipe at his face . |
| 2 | I turned to look at her face and saw her smiling . |
| 3 | It gave him great pain to look at her face . |
| 4 | You do n't even have to look at her face , you just have to look at her neck . |
| 5 | ‘ I look at your face , and I look at one eye and then the other and then your nose , but I ca n't seem to look at your face altogether , all at once , because the sight of your face is causing me pain . ’ |
| 6 | " Do you regret what you 've done ? " she asked , moving around so that she was able to look at his face . |
| 7 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 8 | She moved round behind the crowd to look at his face . |
| 9 | She kept her eyes on his shirt-front , not daring to look at his face ; to see his anger . |
| 10 | Maria did n't need to look at his face or see the confident way he carried himself as he stepped out of the lift with her . |
| 11 | The ground will yawn open before you , and the trees will bend to strike at your face . ’ |