Example sentences of "[pers pn] straight in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? ’ |
| 2 | Would n't look you straight in the eye . ’ |
| 3 | She looked me straight in the eye . |
| 4 | Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky . |
| 5 | Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 9 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The woman is looking me straight in the eyes , Alida thought , she does not know even the basic elements of courtesy , she has paid no attention at all to the very relevant account of my condition . |
| 12 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Emily had been able to look them straight in the eye even then and say that Nan would cause no trouble . |
| 15 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 18 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
| 19 | In that second , while Jinny was babbling on about Joe , the boy looked her straight in the eyes and spoke soundlessly , his lips shaping a single word . |
| 20 | Then , placing my hands on my hips like I had seen Mum do many times when in a– temper , I looked her straight in the eyes . |
| 21 | He looked at her straight in the eyes . |
| 22 | He looked her straight in the eyes . |
| 23 | ‘ Exactly what I say , ’ he growled , looking her straight in the eyes . |
| 24 | Colour touched her cheeks but she looked him straight in the eyes and was just about to reply when the kitchen door opened and Gerard 's solid footsteps sound along the hall . |
| 25 | Miss Menzies suddenly stood up , looked him straight in the eyes and said , ‘ Do you know it 's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer ? ’ |
| 26 | Now sir , can you tell me this , ’ and she looked him straight in the eyes , ‘ will it be just the same for him as if you had baptized him ? ’ |
| 27 | Trying to look as dignified as she could , under the circumstances , she looked him straight in the eyes , with more than a touch of defiance . |
| 28 | Robert looked him straight in the eyes . |
| 29 | Then , at last , I looked him straight in the eyes . |
| 30 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |