Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him in [art] face " in BNC.

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1 A branch whipped him in the face .
2 His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses .
3 As he raised his binoculars to scan the coast , the wind struck him in the face .
4 Hitch shot him in the face , watching as he toppled backwards , most of his bottom jaw blown off by the close-range blast .
5 She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face .
6 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 .
7 Jessamyn looked him in the face , smiling pleasantly .
8 The ball bashed him in the face , before Mike Jeffrey bashed home Doncaster 's second .
9 Nieto was walking alongside the touchline when a ball kicked from within the field hit him in the face , breaking his glasses .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Warm slobber hit him in the face .
13 Her knees were well spread , and her open crotch stared him in the face .
14 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 .
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