Example sentences of "[noun sg] come [noun sg] to face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staggering , he put his weight against the door to close it , and for the first time he and the driver came face to face . |
| 2 | He has a right to come face to face with me , and judge for himself whether he can honourably deliver them , and never fear that he is helping to lure a brave man to his death . ’ |
| 3 | If they get the money , it 'll give the people of Gloucestershire the chance to come face to face with thir ancestors . |
| 4 | For H. G. Wells , the change to Bonar Law marked a distasteful new attitude by the Unionists ; when Balfour 's " essential liberalism came face to face with this new baseness of commercialized imperialism , with all its push and energy , he made a very poor fight for it . |
| 5 | STIFF BRITISH upper lip comes face to face with Japanese Prisoner Of War Camp cruelty and is forced , perish the thought , to compromise . |
| 6 | When one hellraiser comes face to face with another , everyone battens down the hatches and prepares for all hell to break loose . |
| 7 | If you are single and the potentially perfect partner comes face to face with you at work , perhaps you have no option but to start a relationship . |