Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [noun sg] 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 | ‘ I sent SOS to consul ’ |
| 7 | I preferred discussion to argument . |
| 8 | ‘ They became alarmed because I had access to security force files of theirs , and all security force personnel through the central computer if I wished . |
| 9 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
| 10 | Without waiting for an answer she laid hand to door . |
| 11 | She lived day to day , as dear Mina always had — or rather , year to year , on a British Certificate of Identity renewed annually . |
| 12 | As she came face to face with the revolving doors her escorts stood aside to allow her to precede . |
| 13 | To her horror she came face to face with the two officers standing there with guns drawn . |
| 14 | On the landing outside Canon Wheeler 's door she came face to face with Miss Coldharbour . |
| 15 | She came face to face with Mrs Totteridge who was walking her sweating mare into the yard . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When the servant had gone to investigate she came face to face with Meredith Putt in the corridor outside his room . |
| 19 | Opening the front door of the flat , she came face to face with an out-of-breath uniformed policeman . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But she had only been there four months when she fell prey to supervisor Brian McConville who subjected her to a harrowing sexual harassment ordeal . |
| 23 | Ken said — he came for Sunday lunch now , often with his stepdaughter but without his wife , who felt awkward in Ellen 's presence — that it reminded him of a kitten he 'd given Wendy on the day she gave birth to Apricot . |
| 24 | WHEN she gave birth to twin boys in May last year , Linda Loughlin nearly despaired . |
| 25 | WHEN she gave birth to twin boys in May last year , Linda Loughlin nearly despaired . |
| 26 | She found it very difficult to get out of bed , so we moved life to centre it in the bedroom . |
| 27 | We headed north to Port de Centuri on a trip that was only 35 miles yet seemed like 135 as a result of the sheer concentration needed on the mountain roads but it was worth every second because of the incredible views . |
| 28 | And would you believe it ? we came face to face with the McNabs . |
| 29 | GUIL : And even if we came face to face , what do we say ? |
| 30 | I feel sure that the German Luftwaffe must have looked at it especially the leaders , and saw where the Eighth Airforce hit and seeing what we did and gave them some thought and consideration , actually with our Bomb Group going in we had no fighter attacks on the way in over the target , we had flack but we did not have air opposition , then on the way back we crossed the Danish peninsula and I think of course by this time the Luftwaffe knew we were coming back that way , and they had the fighters up there and this was our first time being on this mission that we saw air to air combat with the fighters against the flying fortress and in our ammunition , in our guns there , every fifth bullet was a tracer and it was amazing to me that as the German fighters came in it looked like just a hail of tracers going out but they were able to get in there knock down a B Seventeen and leave , it seemed , unscathed untouched it almost seemed impossible to me that a fighter could go through that many bullets and escape unharmed . |