Example sentences of "[verb] she [adv] [prep] the face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sikes took out his gun , but realizing , even in his madness , that a shot might be heard , he beat her twice across the face with it as hard as he could . |
| 2 | She was particularly fun in the choppier water when we could steer her accurately onto the face of the wave of our choice and drive her through the trough at full tilt . |
| 3 | He bellowed with pain and rage , and sitting astride , continued punching her savagely in the face until she lay still . |
| 4 | The girl pushed past , but the youth again demanded money before punching her hard in the face . |
| 5 | Letting go of her hands , the man hit her violently across the face . |
| 6 | He moved with his usual lightning speed , slapping her brutally across the face . |
| 7 | Mrs Bennett , large , matriarchal and down-to-earth , stared her straight in the face . |
| 8 | He slapped her soundly across the face twice . |
| 9 | Lennon slapped her sharply across the face . |
| 10 | Kate felt the blow , and swinging Lizzy round to face her , slapped her hard across the face , sending the girl flying to the corner of the cell . |
| 11 | There was a horrified silence between them , until her father leaned forward and slapped her hard across the face . |
| 12 | He looked her straight in the face . |
| 13 | He came and stood beside her , and looked her straight in the face . |
| 14 | He struck her hard across the face to prevent that . |
| 15 | Without any provocation or excuse , M. struck her violently in the face with a rolled up newspaper . |
| 16 | It was a pursuit which , with savage irony , took her across Lawrence Road , scene of her last attack in December 1991 when a youth punched her hard in the face . |