Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] face for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had looked directly into her face for the first time and she saw his dark eyes blaze with a mixture of anger and pain . |
| 2 | ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down . |
| 3 | And if his mother came , she 'd have to entertain her , instead of slamming the door in her face for the way she 'd behaved . |
| 4 | Walking from the taxi to his apartment , Ross had felt the sting and throb in his face for the first time . |
| 5 | Their enthusiastic welcome brought a smile to her face for the first time that morning . |
| 6 | He eventually got the girl to agree to a date and walked around with an idiot smile on his face for the few weeks beforehand . |
| 7 | He walked with a limp , and had you not known better you could have mistaken the sores and scabs on his face for the kind of wounds worn by down-and-outs in Cardboard City . |