Example sentences of "[pron] came face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at this point that I came face to face with the realisation that human beings could be studied like other animals , and I went on , past chimpanzees , to investigate the behaviour of this strange creature that I christened The Naked Ape . |
| 2 | Last winter I came face to face with one on the landing — I do n't know which of us was the more scared . |
| 3 | Turning a corner along a narrow track , I came face to face with a blustering capercaillie , as big as a turkey . |
| 4 | With lots of luck I came face to face with a round face man in uniform . |
| 5 | All these thoughts were racing through my head when I came face to face with you , and when you did n't show me out I could n't entirely understand why . |
| 6 | The predominant mood of rural England was replaced by the sharper view of vagrant cosmopolitans like Eliot and Ezra Pound , and of course the European expressionists who came face to face with social realism . |
| 7 | As she came face to face with the revolving doors her escorts stood aside to allow her to precede . |
| 8 | To her horror she came face to face with the two officers standing there with guns drawn . |
| 9 | On the landing outside Canon Wheeler 's door she came face to face with Miss Coldharbour . |
| 10 | She came face to face with Mrs Totteridge who was walking her sweating mare into the yard . |
| 11 | Heavens , if her heart beat like this at the sight of Luke 's stepmother , how would it react when she came face to face again with him ? she thought despairingly . |
| 12 | As she left the room , Shae slowly turned , her heart hammering in her chest like a jungle drum as she came face to face with Dane . |
| 13 | When the servant had gone to investigate she came face to face with Meredith Putt in the corridor outside his room . |
| 14 | Opening the front door of the flat , she came face to face with an out-of-breath uniformed policeman . |
| 15 | In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair . |
| 16 | All her joy drained away like water spilled on sand as instead of Penry Vaughan 's tall , broad-shouldered figure she came face to face with the woman who 'd once been his wife . |
| 17 | And would you believe it ? we came face to face with the McNabs . |
| 18 | GUIL : And even if we came face to face , what do we say ? |
| 19 | The Paul Jones and the emotional somersaults when the music stopped and they came face to face for the very first time . |
| 20 | As he drew closer and they came face to face , she drew herself up and eyed him coldly . |
| 21 | He was not at all what Brownlow expected when they came face to face . |
| 22 | They heard his step falter and as they pressed into the doorway after him they came face to face with Philippe Maurin , holding a gun . |
| 23 | More recently they shared the points when they came face to face in the league opener at Newry . |
| 24 | They came face to face on the rug between the two chairs . |
| 25 | Jess was a mellow sort of chap until he came face to face with a light bulb |
| 26 | A Polynesian folktale tells of Rata , who travelled across the ocean and ingeniously outwitted a hungry whale by jamming open its jaws with a broken oar ; venturing in through the mouth he came face to face with his parents who had been gulped down before him . |
| 27 | In April of 1920 , Charlie Chaplin , then sweltering through the divorce proceedings brought against him by Mildred Harris , was eating in a fashionable hotel restaurant when he came face to face with Louis B Mayer . |
| 28 | One day however , probably as a result of something he had wished , he came face to face with the Devil , none other . |
| 29 | He came face to face with Charles and Frances . |
| 30 | It must obviously be too late to go to the bazaar now , he thought with relief as he came face to face with the group , but he found himself trotting out the excuse about correcting papers and not noticing the time before anyone had had the chance to comment on his non-attendance . |