Example sentences of "and face the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and face the night , the back clicked off — darkness , diamonds , a sense of hurry stopped . |
| 2 | Or do you have the courage to show your weaknesses and face the possibility of rejection ? |
| 3 | Once they reach this state the fry will move away from the nest and face the dangers of life on their own without their father 's protection . |
| 4 | And , and draw it , and stand up and think how you 're going to do it , and maybe you sort of , you know , sit here or something , when I 've gone and face the window and say , that 's North , and I must make sure I get it set up , get this the right way up and , |
| 5 | Only the incurably honest would say no , and face the row that followed . |
| 6 | After the English cricket and soccer debacles of the past week , Hastings ' side hope to make up for the misery by catching the All Blacks cold New Zealand have not played a Test for 10 months and face the Lions with a new team . |
| 7 | ‘ Let's forget the slogans and face the facts , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ If you do n't help us , ’ said Masklin quietly , ‘ we 'll go back to the quarry and face the humans , but that wo n't matter to you because we 'll leave you here . |
| 9 | I think we 're gon na have , we 've all got and face the fact that we 've got ta give them increased union activity before the ballot . |
| 10 | Sir Matthew Goodwin , the chairman , said : ‘ We are delighted with the figures and face the future with confidence . ’ |
| 11 | You will realise that words of comfort like this can solve no problems for her ; they can do no more than bathe the wound she has sustained , but she will be badly in need of something to cling on to and because they are spoken by someone who loves her they may be exactly what she wants to hear when she is trying to reassemble herself and face the future . |
| 12 | It can be extremely frustrating for people who have to travel to London and face the expense of preparing a case — sometimes employing parliamentary counsel to put their case — knowing that decisions are not necessarily taken on the merits of the arguments but on political considerations . |
| 13 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 14 | The mythical beasts on the edges of the map have been dispelled , but they have been replaced by the personal dragon of self knowledge ; how will the traveller deal with the test of physical and mental endurance and face the challenge of adventure and danger ? |
| 15 | Only if would-be parents fully understand about mental handicap can they make the right sort of rational decisions when faced with these circumstances and face the situation with a true sense of proportion . |
| 16 | Clegg could not release Miranda , the only way of making her happy , and face the punishment , but his selfish desire to have her always with him overrides a desire for her good , even once she becomes seriously ill . |
| 17 | Now 's the time to give your looks a spring clean and face the summer with confidence ? |
| 18 | I walked in and faced the desk . |
| 19 | ‘ It is time they showed up and faced the music , ’ he said . |
| 20 | At a signal we stood , made a right turn and faced the church where the verger waited to unfurl the flag of St. George . |
| 21 | Then , after 18 days of stonewalling , Mr Gorbachev at last came out and faced the issue . |
| 22 | We struggled to the top and faced the sea . |
| 23 | She slid her bare feet into plaited-leather sandals , and faced the mirror with a touch more confidence . |
| 24 | Julie stood up and faced the photograph , slipping the shirt from her shoulders so that once more she was completely naked . |
| 25 | She had brought her car this time , crossed by ferry and faced the terrors of the Paris ring-road , but she needed her own things with her and this was the only way to do it . |
| 26 | The lay upper classes were warriors and faced the hazards of war ; the women of all classes faced the only slightly lesser hazard of childbirth . |
| 27 | I sat down beside Mrs Hobbs and faced the view from the terrace . |
| 28 | She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes . |
| 29 | Bernice turned and faced the typewriter creature that was following them . |
| 30 | He smiled and said ‘ Thank you ’ as if he 'd never seen me before , as did I. I went back to my seat and faced the front again . |