Example sentences of "look [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
2 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
3 | THE HONEST old hired hand who has seen it all looks you unwaveringly in the eye . |
4 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
5 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
6 | I was brought up to be a butcher , ’ the man replied , looking me cordially in the eye . |
7 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
8 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
9 | ‘ 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 . |
10 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
11 | To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’ |
12 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
13 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
14 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
15 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
16 | Emily had been able to look them straight in the eye even then and say that Nan would cause no trouble . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 ? ’ |
19 | Would n't look you straight in the eye . ’ |
20 | He will look you squarely in the eye , with a steady gaze . |
21 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Folly , ’ he said at last , raising his head again to look her squarely in the eye . |
22 | Now it was drawing to its end she gathered the courage to look him straight in the face . |
23 | She pulled herself together , swallowing hard , and forced herself to look him straight in the face . |
24 | I 'll grip it between thumb and forefinger , look it straight in the eye and say , ‘ You 've got to be fucking kidding . ’ |
25 | ‘ If you 're scared of something , look it straight in the eye and it will go away , ’ Grams had said . |
26 | 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 : |
27 | Why , once he looked me right in the face and sneered . |
28 | She looked me straight in the eye . |
29 | Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky . |
30 | Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye . |