Example sentences of "him [adv] in the eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She looked him squarely in the eye , and her lips twitched . |
| 3 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 4 | Mark looked him straight in the eye . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Mr Bewdsley looked him straight in the eye . |
| 10 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 12 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
| 13 | She raised her lashes , raised her chin , looked him straight in the eye through a controlled mist of tears . |
| 14 | ‘ Excuse me , you ca n't leave that there ! ’ she said firmly , and looked him straight in the eye . |