Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun] to [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know really screaming and getting raged really resentful and then , you know , back knows ultimately you 're wanting parents to side with us . |
| 2 | She had never been brought face to face with her great-uncle , and never devoted any conscious thought to him . |
| 3 | By January 1946 de Gaulle had been brought face to face with the reality that a basic incompatibility of outlook and temperament existed between himself and the members of the assembly . |
| 4 | We are brought face to face with the question , ‘ What is the purpose of human life itself ? ’ |
| 5 | Offenders are brought face to face with people who 've lost loved ones in drink-driving accidents . |
| 6 | SUMMERCHILD : Actually , I do feel a little as if I were coming face to face with my past in some kind of way . |
| 7 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 8 | One result of this moral panic was that , even as the anxiety mentioned by Furlong ( ibid. ) forced us to react to these public demands with some arrests , we insiders with ‘ special knowledge ’ , who were working face to face with the counter-culture , knew there was a different social reality abroad which we could never adequately explain to the entrepreneur or encapsulate for the media headline . |
| 9 | It goes every day and I can assure you that your cousin who is helping Germany to victory with her work will receive them very quickly . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes one is brought face to face with facts which can not be buried . |
| 11 | A survey conducted on behalf of the Institute of Marketing into selling practice in the UK ( PA Consultants , 1979 ) found that , on average , only 20–30 per cent of a salesperson 's normal working day is spent face to face with customers . |
| 12 | An otherwise empty space , having the approximate dimensions of a master bedroom , is piled floor to ceiling with boxes and envelopes and packages . |
| 13 | Besides , the last thing she wanted was to come face to face with Rune again , especially if he was in the arms of a reconciled Lotta ! |
| 14 | While travelling on the mainland of South America , Darwin was brought face to face with the conflict that was under way between the European settlers and the native Indians . |
| 15 | Its full title was Preparing Police to Deal with a Multicultured Society , and it was on the subject of policing black communities — still the most vexatious and controversial for both police and their critics — that Sir Peter made his thoughts most plain . |
| 16 | She was standing face to face with a boy in the public park at the end of Decimus Street . |