Example sentences of "face [conj] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her face was below his face and she said , ‘ I 'll say Angharad was ill again . ’ |
| 32 | She was quite the most attractive thing in the café now that the colour had come back to her face and she had regained her normal cheerful manner . |
| 33 | His eyes roamed lazily over her face and she had to steel herself not to look away . |
| 34 | It swirled across her furious face and she raised her voice to an actual shout . |
| 35 | The breeze tossed her hair across her face and she reached up to smooth it back into place , feeling her pulse leaping when her fingers unexpectedly touched his . |
| 36 | The blood had run into Cecilia 's face and she felt that its hot presence under her skin must burn Daphne 's mouth . |
| 37 | The blood slipped from her face and she began to faint . |
| 38 | A lock of hair had fallen across her face and she raked it back wearily with her fingers . |
| 39 | He stroked a wayward curl back from her face and she trembled beneath the unexpected caress . |
| 40 | Colour rushed into her face and she moved restlessly , her eyes sliding away from the gleam in his . |
| 41 | He looked into her face and she smiled . |
| 42 | The smile slowly faded from Jennifer 's face and she sighed , then a far-away look came into her eyes as she added , ‘ A lot 's happened since then . ’ |
| 43 | All the colour drained from her face and she faltered . |
| 44 | Colour swamped Ruth 's face and she turned away . |
| 45 | Her hands flew to her face and she stopped , huddled in the centre of the corridor . |
| 46 | He stretched out a hand to touch her face and she jerked away . |
| 47 | The smile swept her face and she patted his hand , and then she had spun on her heel and the swing was in her hips as she walked away into the hurrying crowds . |
| 48 | Grace had seen the irritated look on Alec 's face and she patted Sadie 's hand . |
| 49 | The kisses moved to her face and she opened her eyes . |
| 50 | Her eyes came back to her father 's face and she drew a breath . |
| 51 | But when she looked at it more closely , the blood rushed from her face and she gave a little gasp of incredulous horror . |
| 52 | She was too busy holding her aching face and she gave a soft murmur of pain as she drew her dressing-gown closely around her . |
| 53 | She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay . |
| 54 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 55 | ‘ She 'd crack her face if she tried , ’ thought Gazzer . |
| 56 | Pity to cut such a pretty face but she 'd asked for it . |
| 57 | She had a little smile on her face because she had won that round easily and it gave her a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 58 | She tends to wear full denim skirts with lace borders and her hair falls over her face while she plays . |
| 59 | Just for a moment her eyes lingered hungrily on his face before she looked away , terrified of what he would read on her own face . |
| 60 | ‘ Never mind , ’ Fen said , studying her disgruntled face as she came aboard once more , ‘ we 'll be stopping soon and going ashore . ’ |