1.   Gordon is a familiar face at the Shrewsbury Flower Show.

2.   He glanced at Rock Hardy, finding comfort in the familiar face.

3.   He had shunned the opposition, reshuffled his government with familiar faces and retained the prime minister many wanted out.

4.   He scanned the audience, searching for a familiar face.

5.   He turned the volume up as loud as it would go and stared at the familiar faces on the screen.

6.   He voiced their torment at knowing their children would be medically examined without consent and without any familiar face being present.

7.   Her colourful opinions soon gave her a wider platform and she became a familiar face in the gossip columns.

8.   I enjoyed seeing all the old familiar faces.

9.   It therefore seems that he ascribes this voice to a visually familiar face.