Example sentences of "come face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , for once a 25-year-old test with the fastest figures this magazine had ever produced at the time seems positively understated when you come face to face with the reality . |
| 2 | When we come face to face with a horse we often feel a need or pressure to do something . |
| 3 | Against that , Labour in the person of Harold Wilson had a more widely respected leader then it has now , and many experienced Tory canvassers are convinced that thousands of former Tory voters who are now thinking of defecting will gloomily return to the Tory fold within the next few days as they come face to face with the possible reality of a Kinnock government . |
| 4 | A blockage can also occur when two rabbits come face to face in a hole of small diameter . |
| 5 | Thousands of gallons of water surround you as you come face to face with hundreds of fascinating sea creatures from around our own shores … octopus , conger eels , starfish and rays to name just a few , and all from astonishing angles and amazingly close quarters . |
| 6 | One minute you 're surrounded by the modern bustle of Egypt 's capital — the next you come face to face with ancient history as a sprawling housing estate is replaced by the stately pyramids and sand as far as the eye can see . |
| 7 | SOCCER 'S two longest-serving managers — Oldham 's Joe Royle and Nottingham Forest 's Brian Clough — come face to face at Boundary Park today . |
| 8 | IT 'S A chemically inspired match of young versus old : 12 House Of Psychedelic Madness , running ( if that 's the appropriate word ) from six in the evening to the crack of dawn , wherein the eager , blissed-out upstarts come face to face with crinkly creatures of rock mythology . |
| 9 | They 're all in there while from the generation before , we come face to face with a champion whose greatness spanned almost three decades , ‘ Pancho Gonzales ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Nor , indeed am I claiming that all black sportsmen , at some stage in their development , come face to face with their blackness and are made to reflect on the probable disadvantages it carries with it . |
| 12 | Esau and Jacob come face to face again at the death of the aged Isaac . |
| 13 | How d' you think you 're going to feel , Joey , when we come face to face with a herd of elephant or a tawny tiger out there ? " |
| 14 | Many people had worked on the paper for twenty years , and never once come face to face with the Editor . |
| 15 | Robyn knew that if she opened her eyes she would see the speaker , come face to face with the resigned irritation . |
| 16 | He was never happier than when watching Morse come face to face with a mystery : it vas like watching his chief tackle some fiendishly devised crossword ( as Lewis had often done ) , with the virgin grid on the table in front of him , almost immediately coming up with some sort of answer to the majority of the clues — and then with Lewis himself , albeit only occasionally , supplying one blindingly obvious answer to the easiest clue in the puzzle , and the only one that Morse had failed to fathom . |
| 17 | In the first Assignment ( BBC2 7.40pm ) of the new season , his predecessor , Bob Hawke , examines Keating 's vision for a new Australia and the two rivals come face to face . |
| 18 | CHILDREN of today come face to face with images of the past at an exhibition in a Middlesbrough museum . |
| 19 | 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 . |