Example sentences of "on her face [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no smile on her face but her eyes were large and glistening . |
| 2 | One evening in August — it was their fourth night in a row ; her blood kept flowing that month — he turned to her and saw an expression on her face that he did n't recognise . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ Julia said with an expression on her face that he could not quite read , ‘ but the law is the law and one ca n't decide to apply it only to those whose motives and characters one dislikes . |
| 4 | He could tell by the look on her face that she counted herself among them . |
| 5 | She is looking for a dress for me and she is waiting to comb my hair , and she has the look on her face that she has when she guts the chickens . |
| 6 | The joy on her face when he sang our request for her was incredible . |
| 7 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 8 | The older woman 's tone was completely dismissive now , and contempt showed clearly on her face as her eyes raked over Jessamy 's paint-stained T-shirt and faded jeans . |
| 9 | I 'll never forget the look of concentration on her face as she ran . |
| 10 | For a few agonizing minutes the camera holds on her face as she experiences — she hardly seems to be enjoying — sexual attentions out of the range of the camera . |
| 11 | You expect her to crouch and try to put the robe on before she 's fully out of the water , or to turn her back to you , but instead there 's something like a sneer on her face as she stands up facing you and wraps the robe around herself with a kind of disdain . |
| 12 | She danced on , oblivious , then he must have said something , and she danced seductively , fluidly , to the edge of the roof , hips moving slow , a big smile on her face as she looked down at Lewis , then she threw herself off the roof . |
| 13 | He wondered what was wrong , wishing he had had a chance to talk to Ruth — though from the expression on her face as she hovered behind Cashman she did n't know either . |
| 14 | She rubbed the painful scratch on her face as she spoke . |
| 15 | She was dressed in black , as always , making Riven wonder sourly if she were mourning someone , but there was a bright smile on her face as she took in the battered condition of Murtach 's patrol ; the bandaged Hearthwares , the clawed mounts and the weary eyes of them all . |
| 16 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 17 | Realising she 'd been dismissed , Kate did as she was bidden , but there was a thoughtful look on her face as she took in Dara 's furious expression and Ace 's non-committal one . |
| 18 | He tried to keep his eyes on her face as she examined him thoroughly , declared him fit , warned him to take it easy for a day or two and to drink sparingly because of the risk of delayed shock . |
| 19 | The child bent forward now , glee on her face as she said , |
| 20 | There was a look of surprise on her face as she said , ‘ You think Mother pretty ? ’ |
| 21 | There was a strange expression on her face as she watched Rachel and David . |
| 22 | Parking the Volvo under the cedar tree , she was so sunk in her own angry thoughts that she hardly felt the bleak rain on her face as she walked slowly round to the rear entrance . |
| 23 | The smile froze on her face as his words , jocular though they were meant to be , slammed home with the force of a bullet . |
| 24 | He could see the relief on her face as he entered . |
| 25 | She was stirring the coffee in front of her , an innocent expression on her face as he came back to the table . |
| 26 | And end up falling flat on her face or something like that ! |
| 27 | Red on her face and her coat . |
| 28 | Ace stumbled back , an unreadable expression on her face and her blaster half-raised . |
| 29 | There was blood on her face and she was shaking like a leaf . |
| 30 | The moonlight was on her face and he could see her clearly . |