Example sentences of "[pers pn] looked [pron] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , placing my hands on my hips like I had seen Mum do many times when in a– temper , I looked her straight in the eyes . |
| 2 | I looked him square in the face . |
| 3 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
| 4 | Then , at last , I looked him straight in the eyes . |
| 5 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
| 6 | I looked them up in the big dictionary my father had bought for me by mail order at the beginning of the year . |
| 7 | Cos I looked it up in the paper ! |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ |
| 13 | She looked him squarely in the eye , and her lips twitched . |
| 14 | Shocked , she looked him fully in the eyes for the first time . |
| 15 | She looked me straight in the eye . |
| 16 | She preferred to use vagina — until she looked it up in the dictionary , which gave its etymology ( vagina is Latin for ‘ sheath ’ , as in where you keep your sword ) . |
| 17 | Why , once he looked me right in the face and sneered . |
| 18 | And then he looked me straight in the face , ‘ One day , soon , Nicky , God 's spirit is going to deal with you . |
| 19 | He looked her straight in the face . |
| 20 | He looked her straight in the eyes . |