Example sentences of "man 's face " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stared in anger at the old man 's face , at his eyes which goggled anxiously at hers , then roved off when she met his look , his lips which caved in on his gums and mumbled and tightened as though he was always eating . |
| 2 | As he was handed back into the Tolbooth , there was a bustle at another door — a man 's face , focusing suddenly into familiarity : James , a patch of high colour on each cheekbone , red on white , his hair more grizzled than Cameron remembered , looking ahead of him with wide eyes . |
| 3 | ‘ My husband was driving , ’ she began and she wondered why the man 's face wore such a sloppy expression . |
| 4 | It was a black and white photograph which had been partially tinted with pastel colours so that though the young man 's face was paper-white , his eyes were sky-blue and his medal ribbons bright as a rainbow . |
| 5 | All of this led to Khrushchev 's best-remembered comment of the tour : ‘ Man 's face , ’ he said , ‘ is more beautiful than his backside . ’ |
| 6 | The man 's face was a glistening red , as though he had smeared it with Vaseline . |
| 7 | Tammuz faced him and Quincx Roirbak stepped back from the raw emotion on the younger man 's face . |
| 8 | The lead climber , Sedlmayer , caught sight of a possible bivouac ledge , and simultaneously a man 's face , looming up out of the icy fog . |
| 9 | Tenderly he stroked the dead man 's face . |
| 10 | The man 's face gave nothing away . |
| 11 | He looked at Briant under his lashes and , pleased with the expression on the other man 's face , went on smoothly . |
| 12 | The man 's face changed . |
| 13 | Morton thought he detected a momentary look of relief on the man 's face . |
| 14 | Vic hoots impatiently at the barrier ; the security man 's face appears at the window and flashes an ingratiating smile . |
| 15 | The man 's face was indistinct , a tall mestizo with large , softly frowning features , but I still heard his voice clearly : ‘ Sucio . ’ |
| 16 | The old man 's face was unreadable . |
| 17 | The big man 's face was as bitter , as resentful , as Hector 's had been . |
| 18 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 19 | Throwing my head back and laughing in the man 's face was not , on reflection , the correct or polite response . |
| 20 | After lighting the gas jets , he also lit a candle which he held above the young man 's face . |
| 21 | With the development of closed and visored helms , which effectively hid a man 's face , elaborate crests in the shapes of animals , birds , fantastical creatures and other adornments were employed on helmets to signal identity , and these too became associated with particular families . |
| 22 | For the first time Arthur had a good look at the man 's face . |
| 23 | They are capable of aiming accurately enough to splash a man 's face from a distance of 6 feet . |
| 24 | Then a man 's face suddenly appeared from nowhere in front of my eyes . |
| 25 | The man 's face was eager , greedy , vindictive ; his arm was raised with a great jagged knife clasped in it . |
| 26 | ‘ Hope and fear may be read in every man 's face . ’ |
| 27 | Only Mr. Smith said he had been able to see the man 's face . |
| 28 | ‘ Four years from now , yes , by then … ’ the old man 's face broke into a grin . |
| 29 | He saw the excited , childish smile on the younger man 's face and knew the answer . |
| 30 | Suddenly Bogie threw a full glass of scotch into the man 's face while simultaneously Mayo hit the man on the head with her shoe . |