Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] straight in the [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 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
| 3 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 4 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 5 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 8 | To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’ |
| 9 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 10 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 11 | You can freeze rice and then put it straight in the microwave . |
| 12 | Ron retrieved the can and ‘ put it straight in the tank ’ . |
| 13 | for sixteen , seventeen grand in a lump sum , put it straight in the bank |
| 14 | No , I just put it straight in the ground . |
| 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 | ‘ As soon as some of our members received these letters , they threw them straight in the bin . |
| 19 | 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 ? ’ |
| 20 | Would n't look you straight in the eye . ’ |
| 21 | Now it was drawing to its end she gathered the courage to look him straight in the face . |
| 22 | She pulled herself together , swallowing hard , and forced herself to look him straight in the face . |
| 23 | I 'll grip it between thumb and forefinger , look it straight in the eye and say , ‘ You 've got to be fucking kidding . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If you 're scared of something , look it straight in the eye and it will go away , ’ Grams had said . |
| 25 | One father who lives in Harley Grove , Darlington , said : ‘ I threw it straight in the bin . |
| 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 | ( He resumes pacing , then , spinning on his heels to avoid the wall , he veers round , stares you straight in the face , hands flared , fingers spread frozen in time and space , chin tucked in on itself like a gossiping neighbour , takes another deep breath through the nose , opens his mouth , swivels his eyes to left and right and walks clean out of the room . |
| 28 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 29 | J. was quite capable of staring her straight in the eye and swearing that black was white if it would get me out of a jam . |
| 30 | She looked me straight in the eye . |