Example sentences of "[pos pn] face [verb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a hundred thousand tons of water pressed on the landfall and each foot eaten away from its face sapped its ability to withstand the massive weight . |
| 2 | With a deep breath , she opened her bedroom door to see her sister-in-law half standing , half crouching at the top of the stairs , the perspiring pallor of her face telling its own alarming story . |
| 3 | Her face lost its golden hue , becoming pale and haggard . |
| 4 | When Carrie looked at Melody 's dripping hair hanging all about her face and the sodden dress clinging to her body , she realised Seb was telling the truth and her face lost its tightness . |
| 5 | But when she turned back to her mother again , his face resumed its worried , searching frown of concentration , his ear attuned below the level of conversation to the pain and weariness in her voice . |
| 6 | For a moment his face held its expression of ecstatic agony , then it crumpled and his eyes looked down , widening , horrified by what he had done . |
| 7 | His face lost its sparkle . |