Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact if you do n't do that and you you get face to face like this with me and say well oh wait a minute you did n't tell me that on the phone last er or otherwise I would n't have bothered to see you . |
| 2 | Because if you leave anything to chance they 'll blow you out when you get face to face . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When we come face to face with a horse we often feel a need or pressure to do something . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 ? " |
| 9 | 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 . |