Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] 's face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen had turned his smiling eyes towards his friend 's face , flattered by his confidence and won over to sympathy by the speaker 's simple accent . ’ |
| 2 | When Tommy studied the state of his friend 's face that night as Charlie lay on his bed , all he said was , ‘ Sorry , mate , all my fault . |
| 3 | His father 's jaw dropped at the sight of his son 's face . |
| 4 | ‘ Whenever I get the blues , I look at this , ’ Jack murmured , his finger tracing the contours of his son 's face . |
| 5 | The word ‘ murder ’ itself constantly on someone 's lips , like a sonorous curse , seemed to have the power to evoke those half-suppressed images of his father 's face which had become as unclear , as devoid of any life , as an old photograph . |
| 6 | Sonny , alarmed at the deathly pallor of his half-sister 's face , had jumped into the trap and had driven furiously to the village for the doctor . |
| 7 | " In the narrow mind of this Boy Scout person , with his doll 's face ( popin ) , who only just knew where I ran was , the Shah was a dictator who put people in prison and so had to be replaced as soon as possible with a democracy like the USA " . |
| 8 | The bard leaned forward to peer into his chief 's face . |
| 9 | that turns into his wife 's face |
| 10 | You 're dead , Tsu Ma thought , gazing tenderly into his father 's face . |
| 11 | Looking down into his brother 's face , Roy felt the tears come into his eyes . |
| 12 | He hunkered down and looked into his brother 's face . |
| 13 | The prosecution alleges that Blissett ‘ cynically and deliberately ’ thrust his elbow into his opponent 's face during a mid-air duel for the ball . |
| 14 | He slammed the straight edge into his opponent 's face , taking him between top lip and nostrils . |
| 15 | Duncan , 22 , serving with his regiment at Redford Barracks , had been accused of smashing a glass into his victim 's face . |
| 16 | Then he threw his rake down , took two paces across the field , and spoke into his mother 's face . |
| 17 | ‘ What is it , Chung ? ’ he said , his voice quavering , seeing the fear in his Chancellor 's face . |
| 18 | Athelstan saw the pain in his friend 's face and looked away . |
| 19 | Coming into the kitchen , Quentin saw these thoughts reflected in his wife 's face and said to himself that no matter what else bad recently happened in Dynmouth , Lavinia had at least recovered from her discontent . |
| 20 | Ranulf saw the seriousness in his master 's face . |
| 21 | Klaus gave the slightest nod , grateful to his son for articulating it ; gratified by the anger he saw in his son 's face . |
| 22 | After leaving him on the bedroom floor , he returned to throw a jug of water in his father 's face . |
| 23 | Luke Thackray 's warning served only to increase the sarcasm in his mother 's face . |
| 24 | He shaped the horizon using the curve of his hand , and took sand from his mother 's face and breasts to create the moon and stars , respectively . |
| 25 | Moran looked from his son 's face to his wife 's but his own remained expressionless . |
| 26 | Having blocked two attacking techniques , the defender counters with a double punch to his opponent 's face . |
| 27 | Rohan shrugged , his eyes fixed watchfully on his uncle 's face . |
| 28 | But that look of defeat on his wife 's face was conducive neither to his sense of success nor to his peace of mind . |
| 29 | Adam would have echoed it , but he was intent on his wife 's face , and in his anxiety he let the words go by him . |
| 30 | Seeing a doubtful look on his officer 's face , the Sergeant answered his own question . |