Example sentences of "his face [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only five months after The New York Times anointed him ‘ an important new novelist ’ , an heir to William Burroughs and Henry Miller , Seth Morgan — drunk , fucked up on Percodan and cocaine , bankrupt , his nose newly broken , his face joined by twenty-five fresh stitches , lonesome as hell — climbed on his Harley and began his final ride . |
| 2 | The silhouette materialises into a colonel in uniform , standing at ease , his face breaking into a tentative smile . |
| 3 | The garrison kept an eye on the Collector 's bedroom , expecting to see his face appear for an inspection of Harry 's work . |
| 4 | He rolled over and his face landed in my lap . |
| 5 | Beyond it stood the young squire who brought him , the smoking tube in his hand , his face stamped with rage and with loathing . |
| 6 | The security guard hurried up to him , his face stamped with official displeasure . |
| 7 | His face twisted with such hate that she almost stepped back . |
| 8 | His face twisted with bitterness . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you see that ? ’ he demanded , his face twisted with rage . |
| 10 | The tourist was lying on his stomach , his face twisted to one side . |
| 11 | Doyle looked from him to the Woman and back again and his face twisted into an expression of complete scorn . |
| 12 | His face twisted into a grin . |
| 13 | He laughed again , his face twisted in disgust and grief , and a strange relief , and swept out , his plaid swinging . |
| 14 | His face twisted in a grimace of pain or pure disgust and he threw away his cigarette and buried his head in his arms . |
| 15 | And Riven sat beside Madra as she lay on most of the bedding they had left , with strips of cloak bound about the wounds which bit into her , and Ratagan on her other side with his face twisted in concern . |
| 16 | Especially at first , you may have to keep reminding the patient to sit upright and take the food to his mouth , rather than letting his face droop towards his plate . |
| 17 | He stared at her , and then his face crumpled into a smile . |
| 18 | Then his face crumpled in anguish . |
| 19 | ‘ Give me it back , ’ he said crossly as his face drained of colour . |
| 20 | Penry 's fingers bit into her flesh cruelly for a moment , then his face drained of expression as he released her . |
| 21 | There was no need to ask : Bowyer 's body was an open wound from head to toe , his face disfigured by a mass of bruises , and the slackness of his head showed his neck had been broken . |
| 22 | In the soft turf she turned his face to lie upon that grazed right cheek , and spread his arms above his head . |
| 23 | The erstwhile churchman , standing by the window where he could not be seen from below , turned round and advanced into the room , smiling , the patches of eczema on his face reddening with pleasure . |
| 24 | He said it with extraordinary force , his face reddening below the dark skin and the eyes gone black again with anger . |
| 25 | Jenna smiled up at him and his face tightened with desire , his eyes burning into hers until she closed her eyes and moved willingly against him . |
| 26 | His face tightened into a grim mask and he cast a hard look up the stairs . |
| 27 | Méliès 's first example , the girl turning into a skeleton in The Vanishing Lady ( 1896 ) , is more persuasively achieved by a dissolve in Hitchcock 's Psycho ( 1960 ) when Norman Bates ( Anthony Perkins ) , locked up in jail , is taken over by his ‘ mother ’ ( that is , his fantasy of the mother he ca n't admit to having killed ) and his face turns into a skull , her skull . |
| 28 | An unwholesome little boy , his face smeared by jam and snot , stared up at her , writhing slightly , with one hand between his legs , and one finger poked up his nose . |
| 29 | John le Grant , his face barred with light , said , ‘ Nicholas ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If you want a wash , that 's the way to do it ! ’ he shouted , his face contorted with fury . |