Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
| 2 | THE HONEST old hired hand who has seen it all looks you unwaveringly in the eye . |
| 3 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
| 4 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 5 | I was brought up to be a butcher , ’ the man replied , looking me cordially in the eye . |
| 6 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 7 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 8 | ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 10 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 11 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 12 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 13 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 14 | Emily had been able to look them straight in the eye even then and say that Nan would cause no trouble . |
| 15 | These are for the climbers , and when you feel puny as a walker you can sidle over to someone looking through this rail and look them straight in the eye , secure in the knowledge that nothing in hill-walking requires you to dress in such a gruesome fashion . |
| 16 | The surface of the palladium is better preserved , allowing the deuterium to infuse better ; it is easy to prepare clean solutions ; and if I look you straight in the eye and say ‘ If you think of any nuclear phenomena what would you choose ’ — well , it is obvious is n't it ? ’ |
| 17 | Would n't look you straight in the eye . ’ |
| 18 | He will look you squarely in the eye , with a steady gaze . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Folly , ’ he said at last , raising his head again to look her squarely in the eye . |
| 20 | I 'll grip it between thumb and forefinger , look it straight in the eye and say , ‘ You 've got to be fucking kidding . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If you 're scared of something , look it straight in the eye and it will go away , ’ Grams had said . |
| 22 | And then she would look to Gary for him to begin the piano again , and she would look us straight in the eye for as long as possible , and she would sing : |
| 23 | I have very unpleasant recollections of sitting for him , for it was of utmost importance not to move but to fix him right in the eye and listen to him complain , saying as he always did that he was getting nowhere . |
| 24 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 25 | J. was quite capable of staring her straight in the eye and swearing that black was white if it would get me out of a jam . |
| 26 | She looked me straight in the eye . |
| 27 | Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky . |
| 28 | Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye . |
| 29 | At one point during the meal , she reached over to me , put her hand on mine , looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ I think you are a lesbian . ’ |
| 30 | But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’ |