Example sentences of "look [pers pn] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fully grown red tail is a massive bird , over two feet tall — this one looks me in the eye when she sits on my fist . |
| 2 | A funny thing for a gyno to say out of the blue — and the first time he 's ever looked me in the eye . |
| 3 | who looks them in the eyes and strikes |
| 4 | Mr Mandela , for his part , according to Mr Ramaphosa , had ‘ a unique greatness ’ , a magnetism which he felt in his presence on Tuesday before he had even looked him in the eye . |
| 5 | And the need for audience contact I found particularly important because if you get feedback from the audience looking them in the eye involving them then you 're able to know how your talk is progressing and whether you need to modify it in any way to be able to maintain the audience 's interest . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not in ruins , ’ said Adam , looking him in the eye . |
| 7 | We saluted the Guard-Sergeant , slapping our palms down against our sides in regulation salutes , looking him in the eye and showing our leave passes . |
| 8 | ‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I do n't think I did , ’ I said , looking him in the eye . |
| 10 | ‘ Now that we are private , ’ he said , looking her in the eyes , ‘ you may speak out openly what for some reason you did not wish to speak out before the prince . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll not try to keep me ? ’ he said warningly , looking her in the eyes without a smile . |
| 12 | Then as she stepped towards his desk , a further protest on her lips , he put to her flatly , looking her in the eye , ‘ Are you afraid that , once the eighteen months are over , I might change my mind and refuse to release you ? |
| 13 | Lee Marvin , who had a good supporting role in the film , told me , ‘ The big problem I had with Monty Clift was that he would n't look me in the eye . |
| 14 | He wo n't look me in the eye . |
| 15 | That 's why you ca n't look me in the eyes . ’ |
| 16 | He tried to look me in the eye , Say |
| 17 | Our squeamishness in the presence of our prey animals , our inability to look them in the eye , has condemned a large number of our pigs to nastiest existence imaginable . |
| 18 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |
| 19 | I steel myself to look them in the eyes . |
| 20 | look them in the eye ? |
| 21 | Look me in the eyes , husband , and deny that you have n't had them ? ’ |
| 22 | Look me in the eye , I said . |
| 23 | Look me in the eye Goldberg and tell me whether that picture was any good . |
| 24 | In her challenging book Look Me in the Eye , she finds herself rejected by her feminist campaigner friends , with all kinds of excuses about her assumed deteriorating abilities . |
| 25 | ‘ Look me in the eye and tell me you never suspected . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then look me in the eye , and answer my question . ’ |
| 27 | Look me in the eye and tell me you do n't love it ! |
| 28 | Pick up two plates and say to the person ‘ you must copy my exact gestures ’ and all the time look you in the eyes . |
| 29 | But what people notice about Anthony is the way he holds his head down , that he 'll hardly ever look you in the eye , and the manner in which he will suddenly turn his whole head away if ever there is disagreement or he is challenged in some way . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't look you in the eye . ’ |