Example sentences of "she come face to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As she came face to face with the revolving doors her escorts stood aside to allow her to precede .
2 To her horror she came face to face with the two officers standing there with guns drawn .
3 On the landing outside Canon Wheeler 's door she came face to face with Miss Coldharbour .
4 She came face to face with Mrs Totteridge who was walking her sweating mare into the yard .
5 Heavens , if her heart beat like this at the sight of Luke 's stepmother , how would it react when she came face to face again with him ? she thought despairingly .
6 As she left the room , Shae slowly turned , her heart hammering in her chest like a jungle drum as she came face to face with Dane .
7 When the servant had gone to investigate she came face to face with Meredith Putt in the corridor outside his room .
8 Opening the front door of the flat , she came face to face with an out-of-breath uniformed policeman .
9 In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair .
10 All her joy drained away like water spilled on sand as instead of Penry Vaughan 's tall , broad-shouldered figure she came face to face with the woman who 'd once been his wife .
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