Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] straight 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 Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’
3 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 .
4 Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’
5 I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal .
6 ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't .
7 ‘ 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 .
8 ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye .
9 I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ?
10 Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye .
11 ‘ Exactly what I say , ’ he growled , looking her straight in the eyes .
12 They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’
13 Emily had been able to look them straight in the eye even then and say that Nan would cause no trouble .
14 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 .
15 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 ? ’
16 Would n't look you straight in the eye . ’
17 I 'll grip it between thumb and forefinger , look it straight in the eye and say , ‘ You 've got to be fucking kidding . ’
18 ‘ If you 're scared of something , look it straight in the eye and it will go away , ’ Grams had said .
19 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 :
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 She looked me straight in the eye .
23 Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky .
24 Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye .
25 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 . ’
26 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 ? ’
27 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 .
28 In that second , while Jinny was babbling on about Joe , the boy looked her straight in the eyes and spoke soundlessly , his lips shaping a single word .
29 Then , placing my hands on my hips like I had seen Mum do many times when in a– temper , I looked her straight in the eyes .
30 He looked her straight in the eyes .
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