Example sentences of "her face [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice was out of her sleeping-bag , and tugging on a sweater , a smile on her face that went with her feelings for Jasper : admiration and wistful love . |
| 2 | It was her face that did it . |
| 3 | It was her face that did it . |
| 4 | She looked down , swallowing , a sudden bleakness in her face that tore at his heart . |
| 5 | And anyway — ’ Clare sat again , holding the book still before her face but looking over it at Caro ’ — It 's all very well is n't it , being the gracious model of womanhood , with a tribe of servants around you . |
| 6 | Sometimes I forget her face but remember something more unchanging . |
| 7 | She knew he 'd been studying her face while watching for her reaction . |
| 8 | Then , realising that he was looking down into her face while waiting for her to say something , she nodded her head as she said , ‘ A fine proposal this is , I must say . ’ |
| 9 | For a time DeVore simply watched her , following her every movement with the hidden cameras , switching from screen to screen , zooming in to focus on her face or watching her from the far side of the room . |
| 10 | Julia assumed that mutinous expression which Ian had seen on her face when having her work returned to her by Miss Coldharbour . |
| 11 | But only dimly , since she was wrapped in Lucenzo 's arms , and he was madly kissing her face and muttering loving words , holding her as if he never intended to let her go , his face now showing all he felt for her ; his undying love . |
| 12 | Then she carefully made up her face and brushed her long auburn hair , the solemn wide-eyed child watching her every movement . |
| 13 | The tears dribbled on her face and made bright lines across the greyness of her cheeks and then her head was lost in her hands . |
| 14 | Her window was open and warm fresh air blew in her face and made her hair stream out behind . |
| 15 | He took her chin between finger and thumb , turning her face and drowning her in the warm amber light of his eyes . |
| 16 | Suddenly Lucy unballed her fists from her face and kissed her , open mouthed , hard . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you know how you are looking at me ? ’ he asked fiercely , but as she only shook her head he tilted her face and searched frustratedly for her mouth , crushing her against him . |
| 18 | She felt him tense , then he was tipping up her face and kissing her very slowly and with a thoroughness that left her head reeling . |
| 19 | Uncle Albert noticed the look on her face and paused . |
| 20 | She pulled her dress up over her face and looked at the sun as it washed into the cotton . |
| 21 | Mrs Simpson turned her face and looked out of the window . |
| 22 | He tilted her face and looked into her eyes . |
| 23 | He tilted her face and looked down at her sternly . |
| 24 | The woman dropped the fold from her face and looked up at him seriously . |
| 25 | He cupped her face and looked deep into her eyes . |
| 26 | ‘ But it is such an easy walk on such a cool day , ’ laughed Um Hamed , lifting her veil off her face and adjusting her mask so that it settled properly on her nose . |
| 27 | Iskandara took her hands away from her face and glared at her daughter with the same light , bright aqua-marine eyes that looked out from her mother 's portrait . |
| 28 | Furiously Ruth tore her glasses from her face and glared at him . |
| 29 | I could n't bear her look of hurt expectancy any more , so I tore myself away from her face and walked off . |
| 30 | 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 . |