Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [noun sg] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at this point that I came face to face with the realisation that human beings could be studied like other animals , and I went on , past chimpanzees , to investigate the behaviour of this strange creature that I christened The Naked Ape . |
| 2 | Last winter I came face to face with one on the landing — I do n't know which of us was the more scared . |
| 3 | Turning a corner along a narrow track , I came face to face with a blustering capercaillie , as big as a turkey . |
| 4 | With lots of luck I came face to face with a round face man in uniform . |
| 5 | All these thoughts were racing through my head when I came face to face with you , and when you did n't show me out I could n't entirely understand why . |
| 6 | Nobody went east to west along the axis of the new boulevard . |
| 7 | As a result , life in such temporary accommodation can be extremely stressful and can serve to add markedly to the stresses which gave rise to homelessness in the first place . |
| 8 | The victory of Roman imperialism can in its turn be described as the result of four factors : the new direction given by Rome to the social — that is the military — forces of old Italy ; the utter inability of any Hellenistic army to match the Romans in the field ; the painful erosion of Celtic civilization and its appendages which went on for centuries and ultimately enabled the Romans to control the resources of western Europe from the Atlantic to the Danubian regions ; and finally the cooperation of Greek intellectuals with Italian politicians and writers in creating a new bilingual culture which gave sense to life under Roman rule . |
| 9 | The predominant mood of rural England was replaced by the sharper view of vagrant cosmopolitans like Eliot and Ezra Pound , and of course the European expressionists who came face to face with social realism . |
| 10 | As she came face to face with the revolving doors her escorts stood aside to allow her to precede . |
| 11 | To her horror she came face to face with the two officers standing there with guns drawn . |
| 12 | On the landing outside Canon Wheeler 's door she came face to face with Miss Coldharbour . |
| 13 | She came face to face with Mrs Totteridge who was walking her sweating mare into the yard . |
| 14 | As she left the room , Shae slowly turned , her heart hammering in her chest like a jungle drum as she came face to face with Dane . |
| 15 | When the servant had gone to investigate she came face to face with Meredith Putt in the corridor outside his room . |
| 16 | Opening the front door of the flat , she came face to face with an out-of-breath uniformed policeman . |
| 17 | In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair . |
| 18 | All her joy drained away like water spilled on sand as instead of Penry Vaughan 's tall , broad-shouldered figure she came face to face with the woman who 'd once been his wife . |
| 19 | And would you believe it ? we came face to face with the McNabs . |
| 20 | He led his female into a cave where they spawned nose to tail in typical mouthbrooder fashion . |
| 21 | They heard his step falter and as they pressed into the doorway after him they came face to face with Philippe Maurin , holding a gun . |
| 22 | They came face to face on the rug between the two chairs . |
| 23 | The Paul Jones and the emotional somersaults when the music stopped and they came face to face for the very first time . |
| 24 | More recently they shared the points when they came face to face in the league opener at Newry . |
| 25 | Then I heard how he lived hand to mouth in the Bronx , lobbying whom he could at the talking-shop . |
| 26 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 27 | Jess was a mellow sort of chap until he came face to face with a light bulb |
| 28 | A Polynesian folktale tells of Rata , who travelled across the ocean and ingeniously outwitted a hungry whale by jamming open its jaws with a broken oar ; venturing in through the mouth he came face to face with his parents who had been gulped down before him . |
| 29 | In April of 1920 , Charlie Chaplin , then sweltering through the divorce proceedings brought against him by Mildred Harris , was eating in a fashionable hotel restaurant when he came face to face with Louis B Mayer . |
| 30 | One day however , probably as a result of something he had wished , he came face to face with the Devil , none other . |