Example sentences of "see [pron] face " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good reputation will be merely a means to winning what I want from others ; I shall care nothing for the respect or contempt of people who can not help or ham me , and find no pleasure in the prospect of millions seeing my face on television or reading my books after I am dead . |
| 2 | The glass in which the ego seeks to see its face is dark indeed . |
| 3 | Then , glancing up and seeing her face , unexpectedly got up , as quick and full of energy as he had just been lethargic ( but it was the energy of anger ) and came out with her into the hall , where Philip , frail as a leaf , was standing by the great dark-grey water tank . |
| 4 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |
| 5 | ‘ As for Rose … ’ she shivered , and Dr Neil , seeing her face change , said abruptly , |
| 6 | In spite of everything , her mind kept returning to Antoinette — seeing her face as it had been during their last confrontation in Monpazier , twisted with bitterness and hate . |
| 7 | With the heel of her hand , she wiped a circular space to see her face . |
| 8 | He did n't need to see her face . |
| 9 | Once again , Lee could discern Meryl 's tension , although he dared not risk craning round to see her face . |
| 10 | Flavia looked at him , but it was too dark for him to see her face : she had to add , ‘ What do you think you are doing ? ’ |
| 11 | She would not allow him to see her face . |
| 12 | She did not think she would like herself in it if she could see herself and she did not think she would like to see her face bright and thick with greasepaint . |
| 13 | Fagin asked her , trying hard to see her face . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to see her face , too . |
| 15 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 16 | I waited to see her face tense as if it was an airtight balloon on a stick ; never mind that it made me choke somewhere in my chest . |
| 17 | You ought to see her face , she 's going |
| 18 | I 've got to see their faces . ’ |
| 19 | My heart sank to see their faces . |
| 20 | People would n't be so nice to me if they thought I was so lucky , but it 's fun to see their faces when I bring certain special ones back now and then . ’ |
| 21 | Ca n't wait to see their face ! |
| 22 | At Ångelholm , we were joined by two more people , a grim-looking older woman all in black , who looked as if she had n't smiled since 1937 and who spent the entire journey watching me as if she had seen my face on a wanted poster , and by a fastidious older man who I guessed to be a recently retired schoolmaster and took an instant dislike to . |
| 23 | He would have got a shock if he could have seen my face . |
| 24 | I had seen her face before , but only in silhouette , anonymous , as she spoke out about the inhuman conditions of political prisoners in Morocco 's forgotten dungeons . |
| 25 | I 'd love to have seen her face when she jumped , ’ McQuaid laughed out loud . |
| 26 | You ought to have seen her face ! ’ |
| 27 | But I have n't really seen her face yet . |
| 28 | He realized with a stab of regret he had never once seen her face clearly , and if he went back to seek her out he would n't know her for sure among the many daughters of the chief . |
| 29 | She wor used to work in the kipper industry , and she 'd had smallpox once , knocked her off cos you should have seen her face . |
| 30 | He had not seen her face , which she kept covered with a scarf , but he thought he could put a name to her . |