Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking her potential clients right in the eye , she would say : Women buy your products , why not have women help you publicise them — women understand women " . |
| 2 | Then she looked the German squarely in the eye . |
| 3 | He stopped , looking Matthew severely in the eye . |
| 4 | For a moment they looked at each other square in the eye . |
| 5 | Sutton looked Pilger straight in the eye , jabbed at his chest and announced : ‘ There 's nowhere there for you , cock . ’ |
| 6 | If he can look that prospect squarely in the eye and both parties cut out the cheap jibes , they will see that they are talking the same language . |
| 7 | Look people straight in the eye when they are talking to you and check if what they say stays in your mind longer . |
| 8 | The lad looked his father straight in the eye as he gave his blunt answer . |
| 9 | Jonna 's chin came up a fraction and he looked his father straight in the eye . |
| 10 | Looking Bob straight in the eye , she added , ‘ There was a time when I could have drifted into marrying him , but no longer . ’ |
| 11 | Dad looked the man straight in the eye . |
| 12 | The photograph was of a woman with a broad face who looked the camera squarely in the eye without a smile . |
| 13 | ‘ No , ’ says Vic , looking Bert Braddock straight in the eye . |
| 14 | Her songs are still at the rough-and-ready stage but Harvey 's power comes from her ability to stare men and women right in the eye . |
| 15 | He looked others straight in the eye , he shouted their arguments down . |
| 16 | as if interpreting this remark as veiled disagreement , the newcomer repeated very loudly , looking Agnes straight in the eye : ‘ I detest modesty ! |
| 17 | Clearly the movies now felt that they could look the reformers of the early twentieth century firmly in the eye and the film-industry boosters were now giving back as good as they were given . |
| 18 | An animal , when threatening to attack another , will stare the intended victim squarely in the eye . |
| 19 | I took courage , stopped , looked my questioner straight in the eye and said , ‘ I come from Fontanellato by tram and I am here for the same reason as you are . |
| 20 | All at once , a dignified Jeff was walking towards her and Guido , looking Guido straight in the eye as though he had nothing to fear . |