Example sentences of "[pos pn] face [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And dip my face into the fountains of the east . |
| 2 | my dad this morning he woke me up by pulling me up by the hair , bashing my face into the pillow a couple of times , I just looked at , then go , and I looked at him |
| 3 | I still had no idea where we were going , but I kept the A-Z up against my face as the Sierra overtook me . |
| 4 | ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down . |
| 5 | The farm stands on a spur of moorland on the northern edge of the forest , and within 10 minutes I had turned my back on the corduroy battalions of trees and was striding under a still , cloudy sky over tussocks of rush and coarse grass , with my face to the long , bare shoulders of open hillside that flank the winding shallows of the East Kielder Burn . |
| 6 | Still suffering occasional wooziness from the altitude , I sat on the steps , turned my face to the warm sun and was subjected to my first unsuccessful robbery : two little nicks in the zip pocket of my top . |
| 7 | A hundred feet would see me clear of the danger zone , and this distance I covered foot by foot , walking sideways with my face to the rocks and the rifle to my shoulder ; a strange mode of progress , had there been any to see it . |
| 8 | One day , coming across June in the corridor alone , instead of hurrying past , my face to the wall , I stopped and spoke to her . |
| 9 | All the while you were building this future I knew there 'd come a morning like this , when I 'd smile sadly as I left you , when I 'd give a last half wave at the corner , when I 'd set my face to the reality of the serious work ahead . |
| 10 | Every time I co , I put my face to the window they go , oh no , he 's back again ! |
| 11 | For Gharr , still laughing , swung a backhand that smashed into my face with the force of a Kefridian ramwhale . |
| 12 | I saw that he was examining my face during the same silence . |
| 13 | Then I turn over and put my face under the water , and I can see that they 're all floating just under the surface of the water . |
| 14 | Then I got to work with some hard green soap I 'd found beside the sink , washed my make-up off as best I could , examined my face by the light of the torch in the little mirror hanging there , then tucked myself in . |
| 15 | I prefer to shield my face from the sun , but find that most sunblocks cause me to colour . |
| 16 | I do n't deliberately put my face in the sun — but you ca n't help picking up a slight tan from reflected sunlight , particularly if , like me , you swim a lot . |
| 17 | I gripped the telephone tightly and looked at my face in the little oblong mirror of the kiosk and could not , for a moment , think of a single thing to say . |
| 18 | I did n't look at my face in the mirror . |
| 19 | I had felt proud to be British that night ; the crowd could see that pride etched on my face in the picture on the stadium scoreboard . |
| 20 | I looked at my face in the mirror . |
| 21 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 22 | With my face in the folds of his jeans I smelt again the salt . |
| 23 | This was the first time I had dared to show my face in the D and F since our 7–2 drubbing in the Cup . |
| 24 | I 'd caught a glimpse of my face in the hall mirror once , when Gav was berating me for such rakish tendencies , and I 'd been smiling . |
| 25 | off the wall to do summat and just re-cement or something so I 've got ta wash my toothbrush , and tooth and wash my face in the kitchen sink . |
| 26 | Me washed my face in the bath |
| 27 | The French Officer gets us all out of the ditch and the march continues for about four or five hours , then , during a rest in the wood , I fall asleep , my face among the leaves reminding me of my home in Scotland . |
| 28 | But I know what 'll happen to me soon as I put my face round the door . |
| 29 | When I slumped on to the sofa George acrobated his way to me and I stroked my face against the armour of his feathers , nosed into the softness beneath . |
| 30 | I would set my face against the casualisation of the Corporation . |