Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] [prep] face with " in BNC.

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1 Having now met each other , it seemed that everywhere I went on camp I would come face to face with him , usually with his entourage of armourers fanning out behind him .
2 But meeting the neighbours who knew who she was and that her mother-in-law had moved to another county rather than come face to face with her — that really frightened her .
3 After thirty years , he could come face to face with the soldier who had spared his life .
4 Now and then a circulating pirate might come face to face with a Familo thug , and there would be some ritual snarling and glaring .
5 But she could not see all the way , it was feasible that he was on a lower flight and she would come face to face with him .
6 The hard fact is however that such altruistic dealers are still the rarity and more often than not the innocent computer customer will come face to face with an almost equally innocent computer sales person !
7 Sooner or later you 'll come face to face with an evil creature .
8 She lay there , half submerged , bruised , cold , but mercifully unhurt , with her eyes shut , and waited hopefully — anything rather than come face to face with the scorn and irritation in that man 's face again .
9 A lot of people do n't come face to face with me here
10 Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal .
11 If he does , he may just come face to face with himself .
12 So for once the sort of comment John would make face to face with other collaborators is actually recorded .
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