Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] face [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Oh , thank you , thank you , ’ she said as the tears rushed down her face into the nurse 's hair . |
| 2 | There was blood pouring down his face from a head wound , he had slipped from his sitting position and was now lying on his side , his knees drawn up . |
| 3 | My wig was swinging from the hooks on the charm bracelet , my orange hair tumbled over my face like a pound of grapes in an egg-cup and one shoe-less leg stuck out of a semi-detached dress . |
| 4 | It lit up her face with the intimacy of a shared confidence , as if they were old sparring partners . |
| 5 | She was excited to see her grandfather and uncle , running to hold up her face for a kiss . |
| 6 | The wind blew her hair out behind her as she held up her face to the sun , still warm in its caress . |
| 7 | She screwed up her face at the name as if it left a nasty taste in her mouth , adding : ‘ Ca n't abide that man . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you sure it 's safe ? ’ she asked , climbing inside , and screwing up her face at the simplicity of all the fittings . |
| 9 | Celia screwed up her face in an effort to think back . |
| 10 | A pool was contained under a miniature cliff , broken half-way up its face by the route the path took in looping round and pressing on down the valley . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you know this face ? ’ said Isambard , turning Harry about in his hands to display him to them all , and taking him by the chin to jerk up his face to the light when he turned it haughtily aside . |
| 12 | Henry Tyler screwed up his face in an effort of recollection . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , as usual , except- ’ She stopped and she turned to look at him , but she could n't make out his face in the darkness of the wood , so it gave her the courage to say , ‘ I 'm worried , Charlie . |
| 14 | I could just make out his face in the light from the doorway . |
| 15 | He studied the hand , then her face for a couple of seconds as if mildly amazed that she should wish to touch him . |
| 16 | For the first time in my life , my hair behaved itself and curled round my face in a manner which I considered most flattering , and my make-up went on well on a skin which did n't have one spot or blemish . |
| 17 | Her short blonde hair whipping round her face in the breeze , Ronni turned back to fix her eyes on the jetty , which was drawing ever closer as Jeff 's motor boat approached it , and focused with growing interest on the imposing tall , dark figure who stood there in the bright Sardinian sunshine . |
| 18 | Twelve inches of weighted line hung from the tip , ready to feed the cast ; it wrapped round his face like a bolus , sending the big hook shank-deep under his cheek-bone , close to the nose . |