Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] the eye " in BNC.

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1 He looked Grimma in the eye .
2 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 .
3 Nor will the East End map show the Stoke Newington house where Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie was stabbed to death by Reggie through the eye , neck and stomach .
4 Grunte looked Swan in the eye .
5 She looked Jake in the eye and demanded flatly , ‘ Is that the reason why you 're here ? ’
6 She turned round slowly and looked Jake in the eye .
7 Jack Higgins leaves Pan with The Eye of the Storm ( Signet ) ; and Craig Thomas ' A Hooded Crow ( Fontana ) is the one that has recently been C formatted .
8 She drank more coffee , put her cup down on the table , looked Carver in the eye .
9 The pathologist suddenly dropped his habitual banter , and looked Morse in the eye .
10 The man ran off into nearby fields and stabbed PC Lucey in the eye when he followed .
11 In one of those asides , Johnson with the eye of a painter gives the last glimpse of these high ways in 1773 : ‘ Once we saw a corn field , in which a lady was walking with some gentlemen … ’
12 She had a bald , stark way of speaking , never looking Gabriel in the eye but staring over his shoulder with a slight frown creasing her curd-yellow forehead .
13 Looking Nicolo in the eye only made her knees feel as if they were going to buckle .
14 ‘ I do n't think I heard you right , Patricia , ’ Mike said , looking Patsy in the eye .
15 For the first time he looked Greg in the eye and pointed towards the gate .
16 Swindon Magistrates were told she 'd lost her temper and punched 88-year-old Sarah Fribbins in the eye .
17 Graham said , leaning forward and looking Slater in the eye .
18 However , by August , when it was obvious that there was no family accommodation to be found in town , I was forced to take on a croft cottage about seven miles to the north of Stornoway on the Eye Peninsula , known locally as the Point district .
19 Freddie clears his throat , and forces himself to look Howard in the eye .
20 He looked Leonora in the eye .
21 By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me .
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