Example sentences of "[verb] him in [art] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Thomas tried to grab the child away , the lash caught him in the eye . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not in ruins , ’ said Adam , looking him in the eye . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye . |
| 6 | ‘ No , I do n't think I did , ’ I said , looking him in the eye . |
| 7 | Lisa pulled herself up to her full five feet three inches , wishing for an extra foot or so so that she could look him in the eye . |
| 8 | Or perhaps Mounce would punch him in the eye . |
| 9 | But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not . |
| 10 | Jazzbeaux tried not to look him in the eye . |
| 11 | Gedanken stared down at the carpet , unable to look him in the eye . |
| 12 | Thus ( 66 ) implies " He did n't dare oppose his wife 's whims any more than he dared commit high treason " , ( 67 ) that the speaker is of the opinion that they would n't dare say a word against him , and in ( 68 ) the speaker very clearly believes that the addressee does n't have the cheek to look him in the eye and tell such an obvious lie . |
| 13 | Almost as though to punish herself for that foolishness , she forced herself to look him in the eye and enquire , ‘ So , how is Janice enjoying married life ? ’ |
| 14 | The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching . |
| 15 | He stood close to Rebus , looking down on the smaller man , fixing him in the eye . |
| 16 | Placing a hand on each of his shoulders , I look him in the eye and ask if he is all right . |
| 17 | Look him in the eye , Caroline told herself . |
| 18 | Staring him in the eye was the face of a stop-watch two inches in diameter . |
| 19 | ( 6 ) An empathetic question asks the pupil to become involved personally with the evidence , e.g. " If you had been the soldier standing behind Harold , say what you might have thought , felt and done at the moment the arrow hit him in the eye . " |
| 20 | I do n't know when he , when he was looking for that old chap , I think one of the girls threw something at him hit him in the eye . |
| 21 | She had aimed to hit him in the eye , what else ; just back from the V.D. clinic . |
| 22 | She made as if to poke him in the eye . |
| 23 | Her head came up and she looked him in the eye . |
| 24 | The friendly policeman looked him in the eye . |
| 25 | Sandison looked him in the eye . |
| 26 | She looked him in the eye , and saw him turn and blink . |
| 27 | She raised her head and looked him in the eye . |
| 28 | Auguste looked him in the eye . |
| 29 | Deliberately she looked him in the eye as she said it . |
| 30 | Lisa looked him in the eye . |