Example sentences of "face [vb past] up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Aggie climbed into bed , such was her weight that the child rolled towards her , and her head seemed to fall naturally between her breasts , and when the small face peered up at her and the small whisper said , ‘ You 're very big , ’ Aggie said , ‘ Aye , I 'm very big . |
| 2 | Her white face stared up at him . |
| 3 | And as Jacqui 's suffering face looked up at him , he knew he had said the right thing . |
| 4 | In the living room , Dennis lay across the sofa on his stomach , face flabbed up at an angle on a cushion , mouth gaping . |
| 5 | The door flew open and a small whiskered face peeped up at him . |
| 6 | I returned to my base temple , bought a Coke from one of the girls whose face lit up at another biscuit ; and chatted with the fleet-of-foot , richly named Flavio Chuquiwillca Huallpa and his boy companion . |
| 7 | Sid 's face lit up at the sight of her . |
| 8 | His little face squeezed up at her like his tiny voice . |
| 9 | Cati went in to Rosa , who lay gripping the down coverlet , to cram it into her face and muffle her sobs ; she climbed up next to her , and stroked her head , and tried to cradle her with a thin arm across her shaking shoulders and felt herself going dry in her throat and choked up too ; Rosa twisted , her red face glowered up at Cati . |