Example sentences of "[verb] at [pron] face [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 26-year-old woman was on her way to start work at 8.30 last night when , for no apparent reason , a man lashed at her face in the lift at Walton Hospital , Liverpool . |
| 2 | Robyn scrubbed at her face with the tissues and took a huge breath . |
| 3 | He scrubbed at his face with the handkerchief she offered and gulped for air . |
| 4 | I did n't look at my face in the mirror . |
| 5 | He hit at her face with the gun , but she jerked her head back . |
| 6 | She stared at her face in the mirror . |
| 7 | As he emptied his bladder he stared at his face in the shaving mirror . |
| 8 | Instead of bending over her , he knelt down and looked at her face through the bars . |
| 9 | I gripped the telephone tightly and looked at my face in the little oblong mirror of the kiosk and could not , for a moment , think of a single thing to say . |
| 10 | I looked at my face in the mirror . |
| 11 | Spatz cried out , rubbing at his face with the sleeve of his gown ; then , realising what he had done , he swore . |
| 12 | Ace glared at her face in the mirror . |
| 13 | The brickwork exploded in dust and flying shards of clay , which stung Weaver 's eyes , making him rub at his face with the back of his hand . |
| 14 | He could just imagine the Woman hitting him , smashing at his face in the dark with the butt of her gun . |