Example sentences of "[unc] face [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 At the fury on Eachuinn Odhar 's face he swallowed before going on with considerable courage .
2 He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was .
3 His newborn son 's face he could still recall vividly and sometimes did in his dreams , that white unsullied look of sweet knowledgeable contentment , as if , in a brief moment of life , he had seen and known all there was to know , seen it and rejected it .
4 Andrew saw something in Horatia 's face he had never seen before .
5 When he takes the man 's face he puts it , ah , it was so bad !
6 You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face .
7 Flavia turned away , took a few steps , came back and stood still : keeping her eyes on Andrée 's face she said with complete intensity , ‘ I love you . ’
8 If ever she 'd seen determination shining from a man 's face she could see it shining from Alexander Vass 's now .
9 If she dreamed of him again it would be this man 's face she would see .
10 ‘ His mother has cancer , Rachel , ’ said Sybil quietly , and as the smile faded from Rachel 's face she added , ‘ Inoperable cancer ; pancreas , I think .
11 At the look on Charity 's face she added hastily , ‘ For heaven 's sake , you were under the blankets ! ’
12 As soon as she saw Mandy 's face she burst into tears .
13 It 's like the little one said last , she said , can we come and stay here for the weekend you know , and stay up in Aunty Bonnie 's room , they call upstairs , and Margaret 's face she said , well er , my god she 's got some good stuff up there you know , furniture
14 By the look on Mould 's face it was a nasty , tiring , time-consuming punishment .
15 'Let 's face it , we have been unjustly penalised in the game of life . ’
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