Example sentences of "[noun] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band platform was very small and cramped , so much so that an over enthusiastic violinist could place the others at some risk from a poke in the eye from his bow . |
| 2 | A POKE in the eye when referees or fans are not looking , or when the ball 's at the other end of the field the centre-half lays out the centre-forward with a right-hander . |
| 3 | There is a ‘ Marching Man ’ , and some smaller works including ‘ Normal Desires ’ , ‘ Suite/Substitute ’ , and ‘ Double Poke in the Eye ’ , the multiple which Nauman created for New York 's New Museum of Contemporary Art in 1985 . |
| 4 | Ferguson , for his part , can now look any supporter of his club in the eye and say that Gough having to commit the foul that debarred him from a Cup-tie verified the youngster 's ability to put an awkward pre-match situation out of his mind and play in a determined way that suggested his temperament was on the mend . |
| 5 | Dignified , modest , though not unaware of his charisma and influence , Eric was a serious man , yet with a twinkle in the eye and by no means narrow in his thinking . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's still in the blueprint stage , but it has gone further than just being a twinkle in the eye , ’ said finance man Duncan Whyte . |
| 7 | She put her points over to the juniors as well as she always did to everyone else , with a wonderful mix of candour , directness , understanding and humour — and always with a twinkle in the eye . |
| 8 | Lotus marketing manager , Neil Hudspeth , says , ‘ considering there is n't a fully operating Alpha system out there yet , the next generation of 1–2-3 is still a twinkle in the eye . ’ |
| 9 | He looked Grimma in the eye . |
| 10 | She punched Rossmayne in the eye and then on the chest , tugging at his cravat until he lost his balance and fell on top of her . |
| 11 | Tess Lemmon went down to the farm , looked a pig in the eye and , in the spirit of the continuing BBC1 series ‘ Lifesense ’ , went away with a new pig perspective . |
| 12 | An alternative was to insert cowrie shells in the eye sockets of wooden images like those found as far apart as Togoland , the Philippines and New Zealand . |
| 13 | Grunte looked Swan in the eye . |
| 14 | Stepping out on to grass she turned and knew that she was one of the few in all history and legend who could safely look a dragon in the eye . |
| 15 | He drove an Escort XR3i complete with fluffy toys , and had moved to Lilac Gardens in the eye of the housing price slump , aided by the bequest of a dead aunt . |
| 16 | ( " A free pint if you cop the Queen in the eye , " says Chunker Wilson . ) |
| 17 | It was also the anticipation of being hit that was worrying ; would it be a punch in the guts , or the scarred knuckles of a Spaniard 's fist in the eye ? |
| 18 | It was proposed that there are endings ( or receptors ) within the nervous system which are attuned to specific types of energy , For example , retinal receptors in the eye respond to light energy , cochlear endings in the ear to vibrations in the air , and so on . |
| 19 | She looked Jake in the eye and demanded flatly , ‘ Is that the reason why you 're here ? ’ |
| 20 | She turned round slowly and looked Jake in the eye . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , Miss Harker , ’ said Evelyn , looking her right in the eye . |
| 22 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 23 | It is a harder look that denies unemployment , actual or probable ; it refuses the fact of recession and industrial decrepitude ; it stares the social lie of mid-eighties Britain right in the eye and lies right back . |
| 24 | Exactly much , much , better than any pokes in the eye with a sharp stick ! |
| 25 | But perhaps the greatest personal satisfaction was earned by Gerard Larrousse as he watched Aguri Suzuki finish sixth in the Larrousse-Lola and poke a championship point in the eye of those who had recently stripped the French team of its hard-won rewards from last year . |
| 26 | Long-sighted people are unable to hit the right point in the eye too . |
| 27 | Long-sighted people are unable to hit the right point in the eye too . |
| 28 | Anyway , what about Sam , who takes the Ring but hands it back with only momentary delay , Pippin and Merry , who show no desire for it at all , Aragorn , Legolas and Gimli , who display the same indifference without the excuse of ignorance , and Boromir 's brother Faramir , who realises the Ring is in his power but refuses to take it , with no more sign of mental turmoil than a ‘ strange smile ’ and a glint in the eye ? |
| 29 | The concentration and duration of exposure of a medication in the eye are determined by the character and dynamics of the preocular tear film . |
| 30 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |