Example sentences of "face in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the ‘ and 's ’ and ‘ or 's ’ and the more and more rarely irritate , and are triumphant in the great set-pieces which mean so much to all three books — like that palimpsest of faces in Addis Ababa . |
| 2 | However , she was able to judge the sounds that were being mouthed by faces in photographs , and showed other evidence of normal lip-reading abilities . |
| 3 | This last relationship is poignantly chronicled in his Faces in Shem ( 1961 ) . |
| 4 | As we journeyed back across the Orne bridges , I looked around at the happy faces in the truck ; up until now , there had n't been much to laugh about . |
| 5 | No doubt there are those who have seen fear on my face in certain circumstances in this campaign , just as I have seen the same fear on their faces in the same circumstances . |
| 6 | Half the faces in the stalls were turned the wrong way , trying to see what the fuss was about in the back row . |
| 7 | Looking into those calm , assured faces in this odd setting I felt a stab of the futile longing to communicate that Alan Moorehead described on meeting a family of gorillas . |
| 8 | Actresses could see the faces in the first row . |
| 9 | ‘ While the show was going on they were peering at other faces in the audience and saying things like ‘ I think I can see my mother ’ and ‘ I think I can see my uncle . ’ |
| 10 | Cork 's late strike made sure of a top 10 place for the first time since promotion — ‘ and a nice bonus , judging from the long faces in our boardroom , ’ grinned Mr Bassett . |
| 11 | Many of them will be new faces in the 270-seat parliament , the Majlis . |
| 12 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |
| 13 | Kegan looked up from the paper he had been reading and looked a little hopefully at the faces in front of him . |
| 14 | There were some new faces in the party , including Captain Allot and Lieutenant Sutherland from the SBS . |
| 15 | And you do n't often see black or brown faces in Coronation Street . |
| 16 | Often he takes on the legs-apart , guitar pose with Solowka mirroring his every move while massive grins threaten to slice their faces in two . |
| 17 | The faces in the old photographs look out solemnly and silently at us . |
| 18 | His eyes roamed over the faces in front of him . |
| 19 | Encourage residents not to wash their faces in bath water . |
| 20 | This was sheer luxury after years of stumbling out into the dark at all hours , forcing our eyes to stay open , and yawning fit to split our faces in two . |
| 21 | For instance , two researchers from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh , Roy Malpass and P. G. Devine , have recently described non-hypnotic ‘ guided memory ’ procedures which helped people to identify faces in experiments . |
| 22 | A RIPPLE of raised eyebrows is running across faces in the European computer-graphics industry . |
| 23 | It 's a striking contrast to see the sullen faces in our streets . |
| 24 | Industry observers and rival candle manufacturers are withholding judgement on whether the new management will transform Price 's into a viable company , or end up on their faces in a puddle of waxy goo . |
| 25 | He plots a path to veer and to avoid , to watch cars flashing by smiling at blank , unknown faces in mutual avoidance . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't like , ’ Winnie said , ‘ people poking their faces in where it does n't concern them . ’ |
| 27 | After he 'd coated the segments in salt and chilli he passed them round , and everyone smacked their lips and screwed up their faces in pained delight . |
| 28 | There were a lot of half-familiar faces in the crowds ; the enthusiastic racegoers from the train . |
| 29 | All day I 'd felt calm , though aware that everything in Jamila 's life had changed ; and now , on the same day , if I was right about the looks on the two faces in the car with me , the same thing was going to happen to me . |
| 30 | Tipped for the top by A&R folk as soon as they showed their faces in the capital , their label Phffft ! was snapped up in a deal with Phonogram , and their second single , a four track EP led by ‘ Yesterday Today ’ is out this week . |