Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] face " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you ca n't wait that long , Yolkfolk is n't bad — you certainly wo n't end up with egg on your face if you shell out for it ! |
| 2 | Now if he does n't get the economy right he 's gon na end up with egg on his face and |
| 3 | My plan for how I was going to live out the rest of my days had just been torn up in front of my face and I needed time to adjust . |
| 4 | A white torrent roared out in front of her face , blinding , choking , as her frenzied kicking legs caught in the ‘ chute rigging , binding them together . |
| 5 | Feeling the strange texture of the paper in his hair , he brought his hand back in front of his face , and his dazed eyes focused on the telegram . |
| 6 | When the three of them had been together in the kitchen , the infant Camille crawling round with jam on her face and fingers , he had sat in a state of sullenness bordering on rage or had conspicuously moved about preparing food for himself , knowing quite well that his dinner was cooking in the oven . |