Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun sg] to [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's one thing to sit in a classroom writing down notes but it 's quite another to come face to face with an armed murderer or a cornered rapist , you mark my words . ’ |
| 2 | It is imperative to meet face to face with the client and to visit the company to be valued to get a ‘ feel ’ for the business . |
| 3 | He swung himself nimbly over the fence and was disconcerted to come face to face with Henry Yaxlee , walking purposefully from the direction of the school . |
| 4 | Paragraph ( b ) , however , is likely to give rise to difficulty with its concept of ‘ abnormal ’ characteristics , if only because it may be so difficult to determine the ‘ normal ’ characteristics of a species . |
| 5 | ‘ I understand how you feel , but I think it would do your sister the world of good to come face to face with reality for once . ’ |
| 6 | Jenny was curiously reluctant to come face to face with this intruder whoever it was . |
| 7 | He is able to talk man to man with the Chartist delegates , in the confidence that his family has worked through many generations for the common good — building churches and bridges , making roads , digging mines , planting trees , and draining marshland . |
| 8 | Most Japanese companies are also accustomed to being able to talk face to face with suppliers and it is the usual way of conducting business in Japan . |