Example sentences of "[adv] see [noun] 's face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 2 | From my crevice between the two machines I can just see Pa 's face . |
| 3 | He could n't see Ruane 's face because it was bent below the rim of the desk , as he put his shoes back on . |
| 4 | She could n't see William 's face but something in his voice discouraged further questions . |
| 5 | She could n't see Alice 's face , only the loose wispy bits of her hair , glinting in the light from the guttering candles behind her . |
| 6 | I could n't see Russell 's face or his reaction to all this . |
| 7 | But he had never seen Farouk 's face . |