Example sentences of "[pers pn] face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But Bill knew you existed , ’ she said , ‘ and he told me he did n't recognize you face to face . ’ |
| 2 | A DAY out in Essex could bring you face to face with sharks , tigers or an Egyptian mummy — provided you know where to look . |
| 3 | ‘ I wanted to see you face to face . ’ |
| 4 | I think I 'd better see you face to face . |
| 5 | I had , after all , been summoned to meet you face to face in Downing Street the following morning and obviously any difficulties could be sorted out then . |
| 6 | D' ya think that could happen to you face to face as well though Lynne ? |
| 7 | Top-line caddying was at first only part-time for Dave , although even a part-time career brought him face to face with the second of the twin imposters , disaster , in 1971 at the Open championship at Royal Birkdale . |
| 8 | I could never have said it to him face to face , but over the telephone I hesitated and said , ‘ But I thought the newspaper business was booming ! ’ |
| 9 | They could n't harm him face to face . |
| 10 | Originally , I felt quite negative towards him — until I met him face to face and thought , ‘ Oh , he 's quite a nice man . ’ |
| 11 | " And say your prayers regular , Tristram , that the good Lord may bring you back safe to us , " she added before turning quickly away to leave him face to face with Jennifer . |
| 12 | The duet continued , with Gesner planted solidly in the middle of the stage , and Therese whirling and gliding around him , managing never to confront him face to face , and with wit and grace stealing the scene totally back from him . |
| 13 | She must wait and see Paul , talk to him face to face . |
| 14 | Lucky old Shelley — the first woman to meet him face to face . ’ |
| 15 | A nationalist MP has challenged Loyalist gunmen , who murdered a father and son in Tyrone , to meet him face to face . |
| 16 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 17 | It 's Death … and you want to ask it face to face . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's something I need to say to you , Dad , and I 'll never have the courage to do it face to face . |
| 19 | But if you ask for it face to face they 'll blo they 'll say well no I do n't do you did n't say that . |
| 20 | Screening is a way of sorting out candidates initially without meeting them face to face . |
| 21 | Litigation itself brings them face to face with the enormous differences between the theory and practice of law . |
| 22 | Languages generally have developed systems of address — what you call a person when you talk to them face to face — which reflect the salient social distinctions of the culture ( kin versus nonkin , intimate versus nonintimate , higher/lower status , to mention some very common ones ) . |
| 23 | It builds them up into superbeings so that , when you actually meet them face to face , there is that unavoidable feeling of being let down . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps you can find that out , go to the old customers , ask them face to face . |
| 25 | Either way , the chances are that there will be a very large number of people , possibly several million , depending on the subject of the research , and there is no way that the researcher is going to be able to deliver a questionnaire to them all , still less interview them face to face . |
| 26 | Cos one two two or three things associated with this contract if you do n't if you surprise them with erm with them face to face and you do n't tell them on the phone they 'll blow you out . |
| 27 | And I 'll show you two or three things on on this contract which will if you presented to them face to face during the during the discussions they would they would use it as an excuse to say , You did n't tell me that I do n't want to do it . |
| 28 | Of course , Mrs Hilali may get the chance to explain to them face to face what 's happened , because if she 's broken Turkish law she could be deported . |
| 29 | We met them face to face and he gave his full backing . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , Croydon and Cooper , you shall see me face to face soon enough and then you will know that Emily Grenfell is not a woman to be trifled with , ’ she said grimly . |