Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] face with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now ’ — he brought himself face to face with his Rolex — ‘ tempus fucks it . |
| 2 | But suppose that he proceeds in the general direction from where he assumed by voice came and suddenly found himself face to face with a stranger who looked very similar to myself . |
| 3 | Immediately inside the tangle of bushes Nathaniel Sherman was astonished to find himself face to face with the massive standing bulk of the black seladang bull . |
| 4 | It was at this point that he found himself face to face with Cinzia Miletti . |
| 5 | In Liddie 's case , however , it had brought her face to face with a disenchanted childhood which she had not wanted to recognize . |
| 6 | A DAY out in Essex could bring you face to face with sharks , tigers or an Egyptian mummy — provided you know where to look . |
| 7 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | " 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 . |
| 10 | Kate and Dave find themselves face to face with Colombia 's most lethal drugs baron . |
| 11 | I found myself face to face with Jack Nopps . |
| 12 | The only thing was to push me at once to the front ; and almost immediately , after a very few brief words from the distinguished chairman , I found myself face to face with an audience that evidently meant mischief . |
| 13 | If you have recently changed from a 16-bit computer ( something like an Atari ST or an Amiga ) to a PC , you will have suddenly found yourself face to face with DOS ( Disk Operating System ) , and this will most probably be Microsoft 's DOS 5 ( MS-DOS 5 ) . |
| 14 | Litigation itself brings them face to face with the enormous differences between the theory and practice of law . |
| 15 | This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation . |
| 16 | This predicament arises out of the demise of consciousness , when only consciousness , understood in a traditional way , can bring us face to face with , and hence give us any grasp on , the qualitative , as opposed to relational , properties . |
| 17 | Here an inner momentum brings us face to face with ourselves and we can choose between perpetuating the old pattern or learning from our experience . |
| 18 | But this merely brings us face to face with our old problem again . |