Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun sg] to face " in BNC.
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| 1 | But meeting the neighbours who knew who she was and that her mother-in-law had moved to another county rather than come face to face with her — that really frightened her . |
| 2 | She lay there , half submerged , bruised , cold , but mercifully unhurt , with her eyes shut , and waited hopefully — anything rather than come face to face with the scorn and irritation in that man 's face again . |
| 3 | As so many times before , Vologsky carne to the end of the mental games he played with himself , dismissed the last hopeful excuse for his rejection and came face to face with the lonely bitterness of reality . |
| 4 | Then she turned away and came face to face with Emelda Linley . |
| 5 | Returning the chisel to the bench , she turned to leave and came face to face with Leo 's sister . |
| 6 | Then he blundered into the turning he wanted , limped down it and came face to face with the blank grey door leading into the four Turkey Pens . |
| 7 | There was a mirror above in whose reflection she saw Ted Tipper advance down the corridor and meet face to face with the police . |
| 8 | I am — look , why do n't we meet for a drink soon and talk face to face ? |
| 9 | She was n't going to run much risk of rounding a corner and coming face to face with him — and , even if she did , so what ? |
| 10 | top management need to devote a minimum of four full days a year to preparing data personally and having face to face meetings with one or more levels of employees to communicate crucial messages . |
| 11 | En route to Chicago , we stop at a truck stop and come face to face with Al Jourgensen , head honcho from Ministry and disciple of Aleister Crowley — and Dennis Wheatley . |
| 12 | It has also meant a greater love for one another as we can share our faith and come face to face with who we are . |
| 13 | And if I did come and sit face to face across the desk , it would have a discipline . |
| 14 | Dennis Hopper went to the meeting with Manson and sat face to face with him for two hours in a room on the eighth floor of the Hall of Justice . |
| 15 | He runs straight up the stone steps leading to the terrace — it 's part of a small public garden — rounds the urn at the top , and comes face to face with her , with no idea at all inside his head as to what words will emerge from his mouth . |
| 16 | But seen face to face , even in the informality of her own house , the absence of a spark of sexuality and , he sensed , a deep-seated reserve , made her seem less feminine and more formidable than he had expected , and she held herself stiffly as if repelling invaders of her personal space . |
| 17 | So now you have three weapons when standing face to face with someone who wants to hurt you : physical power , surprise and deception . |