Example sentences of "[verb] at his [adj] face " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did I not say , Harry , that I 'd get it from you , and no other ? ’ said Isambard , still laughing at his stricken face . |
| 2 | Looking at his froggy face , half-submerged in the murky water , it was hard to believe that he really was anything more than an ordinary frog , and Mildred could see why no one had recognized her when she was in the same plight . |
| 3 | ‘ Calm down , ’ she said , looking at his angry face . |
| 4 | And he was looking at his own face . |
| 5 | Looking at his glistening face , his cheeks and forehead like apple-skins , Cameron wondered what fired him most at this moment — self-satisfaction ? or a true pleasure in poetic language ? |
| 6 | Looking at his handsome face , she felt a pang for what might have been . |
| 7 | ‘ Up to fresh quarters , lad , ’ they told him , grinning at his suspicious face . |
| 8 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 9 | Lorton rinsed the lather from his skin and frowned at his clean-shaven face . |
| 10 | Staring at his obdurate face , she pleaded helplessly , ‘ Leo , please do n't do this . |
| 11 | A faint look of admiration came into his eyes and then his long , cloaking lashes had swept down and she was left staring at his mask-like face again . |
| 12 | She stared at his blank face . |
| 13 | She stared at his ruthless face and felt afraid . |
| 14 | They stared at his red face blankly . |
| 15 | She paused and looked at his dear face again . |
| 16 | And I looked at his sad face . |
| 17 | Princess Ashraf later wrote that as Carter spoke , " I looked at his pale face . |
| 18 | He looked at his own face staring back , with Billie 's face next to it . |
| 19 | He picked up a mirror and looked at his own face , and then looked again at the face in the portrait . |
| 20 | She looked at his imploring face , and felt a stab of guilt , that he was right , that she 'd better take care … . |
| 21 | As I looked at his stern face , I knew I could go anywhere in the world with him as a colleague , but I could never lose my freedom by marrying him . |
| 22 | She looked at his white face and the traces of sick round his mouth and wanted to shake him . |
| 23 | She gazed at his dark face , abruptly appalled . |
| 24 | Fighting to control her ragged breathing , Laura gazed at his expressionless face , which gave her no clue to what he was thinking as he regarded her intently from beneath his heavy eyelids . |
| 25 | Thoroughly incensed , she glared at his handsome face . |