Example sentences of "[adv] in the eye [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Station cafés like the one at Temple Meads — I saw the freckly man with the ginger hair , stared him straight in the eye but he did n't recognize me — you ca n't sleep there at night , Vern said , but you can buy a coffee during the day and sit there nodding off and they think you 're just tired from travelling . |
| 3 | Look people straight in the eye when they are talking to you and check if what they say stays in your mind longer . |
| 4 | Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky . |
| 5 | She looked him straight in the eye and said , ‘ Do you know , dearie , it 's a matter of the utmost indifference to me what you do . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | I 'll grip it between thumb and forefinger , look it straight in the eye and say , ‘ You 've got to be fucking kidding . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 13 | ‘ If you 're scared of something , look it straight in the eye and it will go away , ’ Grams had said . |
| 14 | The lad looked his father straight in the eye as he gave his blunt answer . |
| 15 | ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I have very unpleasant recollections of sitting for him , for it was of utmost importance not to move but to fix him right in the eye and listen to him complain , saying as he always did that he was getting nowhere . |
| 18 | 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 . |