Example sentences of "eye [prep] a eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the same mission to conquer land with gold replacing milk and honey , a wagon-train exodus , a plethora of heroes with a policy of taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth . |
| 2 | Request : that eternal campaigner for true justice was asked if he would consider writing a foreword for a book titled ‘ An Eye For An Eye , A Tooth For A Tooth ’ . |
| 3 | Then , through a loudspeaker , the mother told cheering neighbours in Palermo , Sicily : ‘ An eye for an eye , a tooth for a tooth and nudity for nudity . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Then you are familiar with the saying ‘ an eye for an eye . ’ ’ |
| 5 | An eye for an eye . |
| 6 | The Old Testament ius talionis ( an eye for an eye , a life for a life , etc. ) is one example of such a tariff , but only one : a retributive tariff could be considerably more lenient than this , as long as the proportionate relationship between crimes and punishments was retained . |
| 7 | ‘ An eye for an eye ? |
| 8 | The reciprocity usually takes the form of direct equivalence : an eye for an eye , a glass of beer for a glass of beer . |
| 9 | However , in the Old Testament , it states ‘ an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ’ . |
| 10 | An eye for an eye , Zoe . |
| 11 | , and this is very true The justice of Eddie 's society was the ‘ eye for an eye ’ concept — you give as good as you get . |