Example sentences of "be staring [pron] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The answer had been staring him in the face . |
2 | It 's been staring me in the face . ’ |
3 | ‘ It 's been staring me in the face , ’ Carlson continued . |
4 | Anyway , you know , I 'd been er , it has been staring me in the face for so often . |
5 | ‘ Your deadly weapon has been staring you in the face from the moment you first arrived here , Fakrid , ’ he said . |
6 | ‘ It 's been staring us in the face all this time . |
7 | Actually , as R. A. Fisher , one of the founding fathers of what is now called neo-Darwinism , has pointed out , this fact of particulate inheritance has always been staring us in the face , every time we think about sex . |
8 | To get out of the car to peer beneath its bonnet was not going to get her anywhere either , she knew in advance , because with her lack of mechanical knowledge the fault could be staring her in the face and she would never recognise it . |
9 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
10 | Never face discomfort till it 's staring you in the face . ’ |
11 | It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’ |
12 | ‘ They have suffered so many times in recent years and some think disappointment is staring them in the face again . |
13 | It is staring us in the face . |
14 | ‘ The need for the introduction of internment is staring us in the face , ’ Mr Maginnis insisted . |
15 | ‘ The need to intern is staring us in the face , ’ he said . |
16 | We wait until trouble comes , until trouble is staring us in the face , before we really feel the need of God , and pray . |
17 | ‘ The truth is staring you in the face , but you 're too blind to see it . |
18 | ‘ Are you … ? ’ she began , but she did n't want to believe what was staring her in the face . |
19 | The answer was staring me in the face . |