Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [was/were] face [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crawled along to it , and a moment later they were face to face through a large chink , Tristram grinning , his teeth white and his face sun-darkened , and the sight of him made her feel safe and loved again , as if she had arrived home . |
| 2 | And now she was face to face with a man who really believed her grandmother was guilty . |
| 3 | And then I was face to face with the biggest , and ugliest lad ever . |
| 4 | There he was face to face with himself — times six . |
| 5 | Thus he persuaded himself when writing to Theo , but not when he was face to face with a spitting hell-cat who abused him vilely , telling him to stop messing about with his stupid painting , scraping and altering it until her nerves were in shreds . |