Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the face " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a launch party , at Heaven , he took two platefuls of celebratory cake and , with a gesture of proprietorial confidence that Rupert Murdoch or Robert Maxwell would have been hard put to match , flung them in the faces of his two editors . |
| 2 | ‘ They got me on the face , stomach and legs . |
| 3 | ( It 's like continually slapping someone across the face — almost a wince . ) |
| 4 | And do you honestly think that I normally allow females to wallop me across the face ? |
| 5 | A. ( touching her face ) Because if someone 's black , if you touch them in the face you might think your face might get black . |
| 6 | A handful of what he thought was heather thatch caught him in the face , but it was n't : a corn-stack had been pushed over and some of the netting had burst . |
| 7 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 8 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 9 | For centuries therefore , statute has placed a limit on the time after which a claimant to an interest in land may bring an action to establish it in the face of the possession of another person holding under a later title … |
| 10 | There , sure enough , I found the recipe for dissolving phosphorus in olive oil and applying it to the face for a ‘ ghost ’ . |
| 11 | Consequently it has sometimes been difficult for the new patterns to establish themselves in the face of combined resistance from programme committees , established departments , and professional senior officers . |
| 12 | Again I felt that terrible pain and sickness , but a few seconds later I found myself with the face and body and character of Henry Jekyll once more . |
| 13 | Referring to the burden which subsidies placed on the state budget , Ben Ali said that " we can no longer do nothing in the face of the growth of the compensation costs , which alone absorb one-quarter of state expenditure " . |
| 14 | He blacked out a couple of his front teeth with stage cosmetics and made his breath smell with chemical — oldest trick in the business to prevent people looking you in the face close to . |
| 15 | A MAN punches you in the face . |
| 16 | As soon as you think you 've got it licked , it smacks you in the face . |
| 17 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 18 | " You can tell him , " I said , turning and looking him in the face , " that you were entirely mistaken ; that my boss really is my boss , and that I 'm not going to have a baby . " |
| 19 | But , standing in her bathroom , with her looking at him with those lovely blue eyes , her whole soul looking him in the face , her integrity undeniable , he knew the truth . |
| 20 | It is when we make an attempt to clarify it that the confidence begins to desert us in the face of difficulties . |
| 21 | Even when you avert your eyes from his daily economic blunders , you 'll always find another sad aspect of his premiership slapping you in the face . |
| 22 | A harvest earned by many far from home , With memories of some old English place Or Scottish croft ; and now that evils come , Let's look them in the face . |
| 23 | Here , though it is not true that they have no food , for they still have their daily supplies of the ‘ worthless ’ manna , they remain without water , and , manna or no manna , death would seem to stare them in the face . |
| 24 | I suppose she 's just done one for you , no wonder you ca n't look me in the face . ’ |
| 25 | But he ca n't look me in the face . |
| 26 | You have to smack them in the face and leave without saying goodbye . |
| 27 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , not daring to look them in the face . |
| 28 | I do n't think I could bear to look them in the face . ’ |
| 29 | The benefit of this will be apparent when a force ten westerly has sent your brolly to Holland and is pummelling you in the face . |
| 30 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |