Example sentences of "[be] staring [pron] in the " 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 .

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