Example sentences of "his face [conj] she " in BNC.

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1 He was holding her hand and staring down at her with an extraordinary expression on his face that she had never seen before .
2 There was nothing in his face that she could interpret as affection or even as desire .
3 Suddenly she released all the tenseness from her muscles , he relaxed his hold slightly , a surprised expression on his face that she should capitulate so easily , and she lifted her head with cold pride in every line of her body .
4 They drove in silence , and when she dared to glance across at him she found an expression on his face that she could not read at all .
5 There was an expression on his face that she could n't quite fathom , so she brought the conversation smartly back to business .
6 Placing her mouth over his , she murmured teasingly , running her fingers along the nape of his neck , watching his face so she could smile into those magnificent green eyes when they opened to gaze on her .
7 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 .
8 She could just see his face when she told him her mornings began at six .
9 Carrie could n't see his face because she was behind him but she could see Nick 's .
10 Then as he turned towards her the overhead lights that she had switched on to look through her dresses shone directly onto his face and she noticed how pale and drawn he looked , lines that were usually unnoticeable etched between nose and mouth , eyes almost feverishly bright .
11 Her face was below his face and she said , ‘ I 'll say Angharad was ill again . ’
12 The light from the window struck his face and she noticed small lines which she did n't remember , an increased leanness emphasising the strong bone-structure of his cheeks and jaw .
13 The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time .
14 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 ?
15 She tried joining her mind to the millions of people everywhere glued to screens for this all important match but all she could see was Colm 's pudgy little legs swinging backwards and forwards and the grim look on his face as she washed away the crusted blood .
16 She watched his face as she spoke .
17 It almost broke her heart when she saw that darting look of imitation cross his face as she brought him bad news .
18 She saw the flicker of pain cross his face as she spoke of Lizzy and guessed that he was thinking of his own daughter .
19 The rapture of vision was still on his face as she hunkered over the heater , trying to get the chill out of her fingers .
20 The bracelets on her ankles and wrists danced and rattled again more urgently and her pungent breath began blowing softly against his face as she spread her thighs and forced her smooth dark belly downward again his own .
21 Rachel stood frozen , her face white and her eyes staring at his face as she pictured her father , felled by the pressure of his life and work , facing his arch-enemy : death .
22 Slowly he righted himself and took off the mask , although she could not see his face for she was not looking at him .
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