Example sentences of "[pos pn] face on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second point , briefly , is that the white paper has turned its face on the establishment of an environmental protection agency , and independent environment protection agency , and erm , you may feel strongly , I know there was another report that came out just about that time that erm was advocating it , and you may feel that what is needed is a central , independent environmental protection agency . |
| 2 | When she was dressed and made up and prepared for it , she enjoyed the attention , she enjoyed being photographed , and she found the sight of her face on the covers of magazines and newspapers enormously exciting . |
| 3 | Leaning towards her , he put a hand on each side of her face on the smooth tree bark , thus imprisoning her . |
| 4 | She rests her face on the sheet and puts her hands behind her . |
| 5 | She sniffed back the tears , wiping her face on the sleeve of her nightgown . |
| 6 | Unlike other newspaper barons , he has no desire to see his face on the front of his newspapers ; unlike other Hollywood moguls , he does not make the pages of the National Enquirer . |
| 7 | There had been sightings , his family was powerful enough to keep him hidden and safe from the inevitable hanging ‘ should he show his face on the shores of Albion again' — a favourite phrase of Joseph 's , picked up from a knife-grinder whose preoccupation with Bligh , the Bounty and the Mutiny had almost equalled Joseph 's as witnessed in a fierce contest of informational prowess contested in the snug of the Bull in Lorton where the knife-grinder had eventually conceded defeat and been given several unexpected commissions ( including one from the vicar of Cockermouth who disliked Joseph intensely and produced a cluster of blunt knives and dullest scissors to prove it ) as compensation . |
| 8 | Here he took off the pendulous wig , wiped his face on the yellowing lace handkerchief dripping out of the over-ornate and antique jacket and revealed himself as a young man . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I shall decide on the basis of your answer to one question : I want to know the circumstances in which your cousin received bruises to his face on the day before he was murdered . ’ |
| 10 | I stand his face on the boxes that represent the chair , propped up against the wall behind . |
| 11 | He says he saw his face on the television news and knew he could have been killed . |
| 12 | Jeff Herbert ( Anglers Choice ) opted for the feeder with the wind in his face on the dolomite bank . |
| 13 | Under the waterfa oh by the way he fell and hit his face on the concrete over the caravan , he 's got a bit of a grazed nose . |
| 14 | you 're , do n't you see erm Chris , what 's his face on the coach when we went to France , this is what we was going to get |