Example sentences of "[verb] he straight in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 2 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 5 | To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’ |
| 6 | Now it was drawing to its end she gathered the courage to look him straight in the face . |
| 7 | She pulled herself together , swallowing hard , and forced herself to look him straight in the face . |
| 8 | I would have loved to have swung the sodding bag and hit him straight in the balls but the old tight-fist snatched it off me and threw the gold on to the hall floor so he could watch his courtiers scramble . |
| 9 | Station cafés like the one at Temple Meads — I saw the freckly man with the ginger hair , stared him straight in the eye but he did n't recognize me — you ca n't sleep there at night , Vern said , but you can buy a coffee during the day and sit there nodding off and they think you 're just tired from travelling . |
| 10 | She looked him straight in the face now as she said , ‘ She does n't take such things into account ; she 's a law unto herself ’ |
| 11 | Colour touched her cheeks but she looked him straight in the eyes and was just about to reply when the kitchen door opened and Gerard 's solid footsteps sound along the hall . |
| 12 | Miss Menzies suddenly stood up , looked him straight in the eyes and said , ‘ Do you know it 's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer ? ’ |
| 13 | Now sir , can you tell me this , ’ and she looked him straight in the eyes , ‘ will it be just the same for him as if you had baptized him ? ’ |
| 14 | Trying to look as dignified as she could , under the circumstances , she looked him straight in the eyes , with more than a touch of defiance . |
| 15 | Robert looked him straight in the eyes . |
| 16 | Then , at last , I looked him straight in the eyes . |
| 17 | Mark looked him straight in the eye . |
| 18 | She looked him straight in the eye and said , ‘ Do you know , dearie , it 's a matter of the utmost indifference to me what you do . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Bewdsley looked him straight in the eye . |
| 20 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
| 21 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
| 22 | She raised her lashes , raised her chin , looked him straight in the eye through a controlled mist of tears . |
| 23 | ‘ Excuse me , you ca n't leave that there ! ’ she said firmly , and looked him straight in the eye . |