Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the eye " in BNC.
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| 31 | In her challenging book Look Me in the Eye , she finds herself rejected by her feminist campaigner friends , with all kinds of excuses about her assumed deteriorating abilities . |
| 32 | He tried to look me in the eye , Say |
| 33 | He looked me in the eye and said , ‘ Two more . ’ |
| 34 | Lee Marvin , who had a good supporting role in the film , told me , ‘ The big problem I had with Monty Clift was that he would n't look me in the eye . |
| 35 | A fully grown red tail is a massive bird , over two feet tall — this one looks me in the eye when she sits on my fist . |
| 36 | When I asked him what for he gave a sad sigh and then a sort of bitter grin and looked me in the eye and said , ‘ Sexual harassment . ’ |
| 37 | Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted ! |
| 38 | From the right-hand page Vron 's face stared me in the eye . |
| 39 | He wo n't look me in the eye . |
| 40 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ Look me in the eye and tell me you never suspected . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Then look me in the eye , and answer my question . ’ |
| 43 | I know , he could have knocked me in the eye instead of just at the side and it hurts now . |
| 44 | Look me in the eye and tell me you do n't love it ! |
| 45 | I bent down to do it and he always pokes me in the eye with it . |
| 46 | He punched me in the eye . |
| 47 | The high viscosity of these solutions keeps them in the eye longer , while the polymer itself is intended to mimic the ocular mucins ( glycoproteins ) , a deficiency of which is often the cause of dry eye symptoms , and promote tear film stability . |
| 48 | look them in the eye ? |
| 49 | Our squeamishness in the presence of our prey animals , our inability to look them in the eye , has condemned a large number of our pigs to nastiest existence imaginable . |
| 50 | ‘ If I were to tell you ’ , I said , trying to look each one of them in the eye , which is not an easy thing to do with ninety-odd people , ‘ that Wimbledon was being invaded by alien beings from another planet , you would probably laugh and call me a lunatic . |
| 51 | And the need for audience contact I found particularly important because if you get feedback from the audience looking them in the eye involving them then you 're able to know how your talk is progressing and whether you need to modify it in any way to be able to maintain the audience 's interest . |
| 52 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |
| 53 | I find her with the eye . |
| 54 | Mr Mandela , for his part , according to Mr Ramaphosa , had ‘ a unique greatness ’ , a magnetism which he felt in his presence on Tuesday before he had even looked him in the eye . |
| 55 | But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not . |
| 56 | Her head came up and she looked him in the eye . |
| 57 | The friendly policeman looked him in the eye . |
| 58 | Sandison looked him in the eye . |
| 59 | She had aimed to hit him in the eye , what else ; just back from the V.D. clinic . |
| 60 | ‘ It 's not in ruins , ’ said Adam , looking him in the eye . |