Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] the face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 2 | Referring to the burden which subsidies placed on the state budget , Ben Ali said that " we can no longer do nothing in the face of the growth of the compensation costs , which alone absorb one-quarter of state expenditure " . |
| 3 | A harvest earned by many far from home , With memories of some old English place Or Scottish croft ; and now that evils come , Let's look them in the face . |
| 4 | I suppose she 's just done one for you , no wonder you ca n't look me in the face . ’ |
| 5 | But he ca n't look me in the face . |
| 6 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 7 | ‘ She never mentioned my having got stuck here as well , but I could hardly look her in the face . |
| 8 | But how can I look him in the face and tell him that 's turned out to be true ? ’ |
| 9 | She could n't look him in the face any more . |
| 10 | There was an edge to Jake 's voice now , an edge of hostility , that caused her to turn round and look him in the face . |
| 11 | The Englishman told me that if someone came up to him in a queue he would punch him in the face . |
| 12 | If this was death then she would stare it in the face . |
| 13 | There are many accounts of the death of Richard , this is from Darts History of Canterbury Cathedral 1726 : " The manner of his death is thus reported by Birchington and Gervaise , and confirmed by Geraldus , " That being at his seat at Wrotham he had a vision of a very terrible person , who asked him , in fierce manner who he was , to whom when he , for fear made no answer , thou art he , continued he , who destroy the church , and therefore will I destroy thee from the face of the earth " at which words he vanished . |
| 14 | One man in particular er again I wo n't mention his name but anybody that went to Road School 'll know who I , I mean when I say that if you did anything wrong he 'd call you out and ask you something and if you , if you like pupils used to be a bit shy and , and not speak to him he 'd slap you across the face . |
| 15 | Shadows enable light to manifest itself and give it objective reality , just as wisdom can only manifest itself in the face of ignorance . |
| 16 | ‘ If someone approaches me with a song , it 's got ta hit me in the face . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't hit me in the face . ’ |
| 18 | You could kick him and hurt him , you could hit him on the face and on the eyes so that he could n't see , but he 'd still manage to torment you . |
| 19 | Her reaction was as though he 'd hit her in the face , then she recovered , left the room and walked into the kitchen at the end of the hall . |
| 20 | However , when the Greek leaders , intent on humiliating Achilles , flatter Ajax with the prestigious combat with Hector , Ajax sees a heroic future beginning to form for himself , and slowly , ponderously , after several moments of silent thought , moves up to verse : ‘ If I go to him , with my armed fist/I 'll pash him o'er the face ’ ( II.iii.202f . ) . |