Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she looked the German squarely in the eye . |
| 2 | For a moment they looked at each other square in the eye . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The lad looked his father straight in the eye as he gave his blunt answer . |
| 5 | Jonna 's chin came up a fraction and he looked his father straight in the eye . |
| 6 | Dad looked the man straight in the eye . |
| 7 | The photograph was of a woman with a broad face who looked the camera squarely in the eye without a smile . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | An animal , when threatening to attack another , will stare the intended victim squarely in the eye . |
| 10 | 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 . |