Example sentences of "across her face [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A flicker of a smile passed across her face as she said this . |
| 2 | The icy wind cut across her face as she opened the door and she zipped her anorak up to her throat and tugged the protective hood over her head . |
| 3 | He had been watching the expressions that played across her face as she spoke , determination , enthusiasm and simple enjoyment in the challenges presented by her job . |
| 4 | Then she took one step more towards me so that a bar of light fell across her face and I could see the angry expression on it . |
| 5 | His answer was a stinging blow across her face and the curt words : ‘ You stink . |
| 6 | She remained bent towards the portrait of the dead mandarin for several seconds to show the spirits how deeply repentant she was , and when she rose to return to her place she kept her head bowed so that her dark hair fell across her face and hid the tears of remorse in her eyes . |
| 7 | The Girl-Human had seated herself before the fire ; Inchbad could see how the firelight fell across her face and brought out red lights in her hair . |
| 8 | Iskandara flung her hands across her face and began to weep . |
| 9 | He brushed back a strand of copper-coloured hair that had fallen across her face and gazed deep into her eyes . |
| 10 | ‘ No ! ’ she sobbed aloud , when fitzAlan freed her mouth to rain kisses across her face and into her hair . |
| 11 | A lock of hair had fallen across her face and she raked it back wearily with her fingers . |
| 12 | So then a look of total bewilderment will spread across her face and , in the end , she 'll just look appealing again and I always give in . ’ |
| 13 | When she placed Morndun across her face and peered through its ghostly eyes she saw the air shimmering with elementals , sharp-faced , wraith-like , coiling and twisting above the river , streaming out of the mouths and eyes of the men by the water and from the piles of skulls by the trees . |
| 14 | This clay exudate she smeared across her face and streaked into her hair . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Limply she fell back against the unyielding scrubland , sobbing and crying , numb to everything but Fernando 's flutter of consoling kisses across her face and throat . |