Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 2 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
| 3 | THE HONEST old hired hand who has seen it all looks you unwaveringly in the eye . |
| 4 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 7 | I was brought up to be a butcher , ’ the man replied , looking me cordially in the eye . |
| 8 | She went over to where he was standing , looking him right in the eyes so that he could see how furious she was . |
| 9 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 13 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 14 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 15 | ‘ Exactly what I say , ’ he growled , looking her straight in the eyes . |
| 16 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 17 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 18 | Emily had been able to look them straight in the eye even then and say that Nan would cause no trouble . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ? ’ |
| 21 | Would n't look you straight in the eye . ’ |
| 22 | He will look you squarely in the eye , with a steady gaze . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Folly , ’ he said at last , raising his head again to look her squarely in the eye . |
| 24 | I 'll grip it between thumb and forefinger , look it straight in the eye and say , ‘ You 've got to be fucking kidding . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If you 're scared of something , look it straight in the eye and it will go away , ’ Grams had said . |
| 26 | And then she would look to Gary for him to begin the piano again , and she would look us straight in the eye for as long as possible , and she would sing : |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But I wanted to try to put it right in the eyes of every football follower in the country , and rectify the idea that I was a 100 per cent failure like everyone thought I was . |
| 29 | ‘ But I wanted to try to put it right in the eyes of every football follower in the country , and rectify the idea that I was a 100 per cent failure , which is what everyone thought I was . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |