Example sentences of "had face a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a good idea to have a companion when I knew I had to face a Spanish maniac ! ’ |
| 2 | Glennon was a similar height and build to Edwards and in 1987 had to face a similar height problem when he came up against England 's Dave Cusani . |
| 3 | One hundred and forty committee and board members took part , and the colleges and departments had to face a different kind and volume of documentation . |
| 4 | He graduated from Valdese High School , studied chemistry at Wake-Forest University in North Carolina and then had to face a hard choice between his parents ' wishes that he return to work in the family businesses and his own strong interest in chemistry . |
| 5 | Denied the comfortable illusion that the League could restrain aggression without killing people , pacifists now had to face a harsh choice . |
| 6 | The bill had faced a stormy second reading on Feb. 15 , with Kharkov deputy Leonid Suchov calling for a national referendum on the issue , since he believed the law " betrayed the essence of the state " . |
| 7 | She had faced a certain amount of humiliation again at the hands of that wretched Marie , but the thing that stayed in her mind was the feel of Alain 's arms and the tang of his skin . |
| 8 | Nigel Richardson , of merchant bank S G Warburg , said Mr Lamont had faced a fine judgment between an electoral giveaway and financial prudence , but had fallen between the two . |
| 9 | Only 5 foot 10 inches tall , he had faced a huge man and roared at him , answering his challenge . |
| 10 | Bosnia itself , Croatia , Slovenia and , to a lesser extent , Austria had faced a massive influx of refugees in recent months [ see also p. 39012 ] . |
| 11 | Perhaps some forgiving souls might protest that former East German athletes had faced a particular difficulty in giving up the bad habits imposed on them by the success-seeking machine of the old Communist regime , and that it would be unfair virtually to close off their future just because they had n't yet properly learned another way of doing things . |