Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miguel Rafaelo said quietly , ‘ You do n't want to come face to face with yourself , then , Shelley . |
| 2 | Father Morrow felt it his duty to try to appeal face to face to Tony 's parents to allow their son to live . |
| 3 | Nell half expected to come face to face with Mahon inside . |
| 4 | And they 're made to come face to face with people who 've lost friends or relatives in drink driving accidents . |
| 5 | But one day , in the late seventies , he and Fleury happened to come face to face in Pall Mall and , after a moment , succeeded in recognizing each other . |
| 6 | We have the luxury of course of having to go face to face anyway . |
| 7 | Although Howard did n't actually have to come face to face with Brando , they had to share the same set . |
| 8 | Well i I 'm not aware of how far he has taken anything on board , what I would expect as a Member of Parliament and the House of Commons , and as the leader of a party in the House of Commons , I would expect that he would want to hear what I would have to say face to face , and tell me face to face what 's wrong with what I have said . |
| 9 | The Zoo 's own photographer managed to come face to face with this somewhat disrespectful giraffe , and yes , he was in an area available to the general public — albeit in a slightly acrobatic pose ! |
| 10 | ( ‘ If forced to come face to face with the Subject avoid catching the Subject 's eye . ’ ) |
| 11 | Which is why we prefer to work face to face . |
| 12 | Now that traders no longer have to meet face to face , and can communicate by telephone or computer , the exchange is not so easy to identify . |