Example sentences of "[prep] coming [noun sg] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Shock attack : An 80year-old woman is recovering from shock after coming face to face with a burglar who stole jewellery from her Wirral home in Spencer Avenue , Rock Ferry .
2 These are reluctant hunters , ill at ease and inexperienced , wary lest a nervous glance could give flesh to fear — the fear of coming face to face with a cowering countryman , the fear of finding the loaded chamber in a game of Russian roulette .
3 PEOPLE from a housing estate have been putting themselves on the map — and others have the unnerving prospect of coming face to face with themselves .
4 The prospect of coming face to face with the man who had figured so prominently in Elise 's diary before her accidental death was just too intriguing to pass up .
5 Was it because she knew we 'd had an affair and was jealous or was it the heartbreak of coming face to face with Steve ? ’
6 She tried not to worry , but the thought of coming face to face with the handsome , the dashing Miguelito made her heart thump in her chest .
7 Charlie found himself waiting in another queue before coming face to face with the sergeant again .
8 Until coming face to face with Midnight , Jess had never given much thought to slaves , and certainly had never considered them as being stolen .
9 YOU can not look at anything these days without coming face to face with a picture of a blissful couple holding a baby .
10 You can not go to a Franciscan centre without coming face to face with Francis ' emphasis on the cross .
11 It struck her as comical , so soon after the expressions of revulsion and outrage on coming face to face for the first time with sexual deviance .
12 She could only make a calculated guess ; sheer horror at coming face to face with a former lover when the present one stood stiffly beside him .
13 While the men are invigorated by the fight in the world outside , strengthened by coming face to face with the enemy , we women sit at home and darn . ’
14 ‘ But I doubt I 'll ever know for sure because I 'll never see her again and only by coming face to face with her will I know the truth . ’
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