Example sentences of "to face with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are reluctant hunters , ill at ease and inexperienced , wary lest a nervous glance could give flesh to fear — the fear of coming face to face with a cowering countryman , the fear of finding the loaded chamber in a game of Russian roulette . |
| 2 | She could only make a calculated guess ; sheer horror at coming face to face with a former lover when the present one stood stiffly beside him . |
| 3 | Most people want to like art — they know it 's good for you , or at any rate looks good on you — but face to face with a great painting they feel like gate-crashers at a Mayfair reception . |
| 4 | Turning a corner along a narrow track , I came face to face with a blustering capercaillie , as big as a turkey . |
| 5 | With lots of luck I came face to face with a round face man in uniform . |
| 6 | In Glasgow yesterday he came face to face with a cost-saving dream . |
| 7 | In Liddie 's case , however , it had brought her face to face with a disenchanted childhood which she had not wanted to recognize . |
| 8 | Thus he persuaded himself when writing to Theo , but not when he was face to face with a spitting hell-cat who abused him vilely , telling him to stop messing about with his stupid painting , scraping and altering it until her nerves were in shreds . |