Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [noun] 's face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne , who was heart-free despite her sometimes extravagant claims , was surprised to see tears coursing down Joan 's face . |
| 2 | Tears were running down Sarah 's face and Julia lifted her hand to touch her cheek , then her hand fell back . |
| 3 | ‘ It might do more harm than good , ’ he said , alarmed at the amount of blood running down Meredith 's face . |
| 4 | It is often startling how people 's faces soften and their bodies relax after crying . |
| 5 | She was astonished to see the tears flowing down Beth 's face . |
| 6 | A flexing of the green planes making up Bryn 's face could have been interpreted as a smile . |
| 7 | After Home Alone 2 's record-breaking success in the US , British merchandisers have let their imaginations run riot to devise everything from computer games to yo-yos bearing either Macauley 's face or the film 's title . |
| 8 | Tears were streaming down Cora-Beth 's face as she clung to Harry 's hand . |
| 9 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |