Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [noun] 's face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monica asked , already sullen and hopeless , apparently seeing from Alice 's face that there was no news . |
| 2 | But he had needed only to look at Lorrimer 's face during the past month to know that . |
| 3 | The scowl did not lift off Izzie 's face , however . |
| 4 | He did not look into Gabriel 's face but into the yeoman 's . |
| 5 | Dot tried not to look at Gloria 's face . |
| 6 | The novel 's atmosphere is thick — sticky ! — with news and rumours from abroad , and we learn that Shatov once spat in Verkhovensky 's face in Geneva . |
| 7 | ‘ Could be right , ’ said Iris , her eyes still fixed on Melissa 's face . |
| 8 | Eleanor 's perfectly shaped mouth registered a small smile of triumph as the colour slowly filtered from Jessamy 's face . |
| 9 | She could n't look at Lucy 's face . |
| 10 | Lucy who possibly had n't given Jay a thought in four weeks ; she certainly had n't woken with Jay 's face in her mind , slept with a dream of Jay in her arms . |
| 11 | Then bending forward , he almost peered into Agnes 's face , enquiring , ‘ You all right , miss ? ’ |
| 12 | A smile was almost brought to Auguste 's face at the thought of Multhrop 's reaction as half the Imperial 's china vanished into medical detectives ' laboratories . |
| 13 | Theda turned to go , but suddenly Araminta seized her arm in a claw-like grip and came close , almost spitting into Theda 's face . |
| 14 | Closer she came , almost spitting into Theda 's face . |
| 15 | The smile slowly faded from Jennifer 's face and she sighed , then a far-away look came into her eyes as she added , ‘ A lot 's happened since then . ’ |