Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] in the face " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't really kicked her in the face ; you 've got to draw the line somewhere , although I 've never been exactly sure where . |
| 2 | As she passed , she said , a policeman had struck her in the face with a baton , ‘ and I had n't opened my mouth to him ’ . |
| 3 | It would have struck him in the face if at the last moment , sensing it coming , he had not ducked his head . |
| 4 | His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses . |
| 5 | It was as if he had slapped her in the face . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh no , ’ she said , ‘ oh no , ’ in a shocked , incredulous way as if someone had just slapped her in the face . |