Example sentences of "[verb] him in the face " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 3 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | " 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 . " |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But how can I look him in the face and tell him that 's turned out to be true ? ’ |
| 8 | She could n't look him in the face any more . |
| 9 | There was an edge to Jake 's voice now , an edge of hostility , that caused her to turn round and look him in the face . |
| 10 | The Englishman told me that if someone came up to him in a queue he would punch him in the face . |
| 11 | As he doubled over , she kneed him in the face , and had her own pistol levelled at Glen 's stomach before he could react . |
| 12 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 13 | It was out in the open now and she was able to look him in the face again , all pretence finished . |
| 14 | to look him in the face again |
| 15 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 16 | She turned her head slightly to look him in the face . |
| 17 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 18 | Then 17-year-old Lee Diaz , of North End Gardens , Bishop Auckland , attacked a second party-goer , Carl Gent , punching him in the face and fracturing his jaw . |
| 19 | She liked flowers , liked even more the thought behind them , but Gaily only remembered when he caught them staring him in the face — or in the feet , as now . |
| 20 | This looked promising : 3 He is produced by fusion , there is an excessive abundance of the substance in volcanic gases so maybe here was the evidence staring him in the face that fusion is taking place among the volcanic rocks . |
| 21 | The answer had been staring him in the face . |
| 22 | He had shot one grouse and was aiming at a second when the first bird hit him in the face at 60mph , flinging him unconscious into the heather . |
| 23 | He said Second Lieutenant James Mundell then told him : ‘ I 'm going to fill you in ’ — and hit him in the face . |
| 24 | Nieto was walking alongside the touchline when a ball kicked from within the field hit him in the face , breaking his glasses . |
| 25 | She picked up a heavy leather glove and hit him in the face with it . |
| 26 | Warm slobber hit him in the face . |
| 27 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 28 | She lashed out suddenly with her crop , intending to hit him in the face . |
| 29 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 30 | Her knees were well spread , and her open crotch stared him in the face . |