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Example sentences of "look [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	A fully grown red tail is a massive bird , over two feet tall — this one looks me in the eye when she sits on my fist .
2	A funny thing for a gyno to say out of the blue — and the first time he 's ever looked me in the eye .
3	who looks them in the eyes and strikes
4	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 .
5	Well when i was a wee boy the loch had never looked it before the barriers was built When I was going to school Well I was born I started a co school at nineteen eighteen .
6	And the need for audience contact I found particularly important because if you get feedback from the audience looking them in the eye involving them then you 're able to know how your talk is progressing and whether you need to modify it in any way to be able to maintain the audience 's interest .
7	He blacked out a couple of his front teeth with stage cosmetics and made his breath smell with chemical — oldest trick in the business to prevent people looking you in the face close to .
8	Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face .
9	‘ It 's not in ruins , ’ said Adam , looking him in the eye .
10	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 .
11	" You can tell him , " I said , turning and looking him in the face , " that you were entirely mistaken ; that my boss really is my boss , and that I 'm not going to have a baby . "
12	‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye .
13	‘ No , I do n't think I did , ’ I said , looking him in the eye .
14	But , standing in her bathroom , with her looking at him with those lovely blue eyes , her whole soul looking him in the face , her integrity undeniable , he knew the truth .
15	Then as she stepped towards his desk , a further protest on her lips , he put to her flatly , looking her in the eye , ‘ Are you afraid that , once the eighteen months are over , I might change my mind and refuse to release you ?
16	‘ Now that we are private , ’ he said , looking her in the eyes , ‘ you may speak out openly what for some reason you did not wish to speak out before the prince .
17	‘ You 'll not try to keep me ? ’ he said warningly , looking her in the eyes without a smile .
18	A harvest earned by many far from home , With memories of some old English place Or Scottish croft ; and now that evils come , Let's look them in the face .
19	Lee Marvin , who had a good supporting role in the film , told me , ‘ The big problem I had with Monty Clift was that he would n't look me in the eye .
20	I suppose she 's just done one for you , no wonder you ca n't look me in the face . ’
21	But he ca n't look me in the face .
22	He wo n't look me in the eye .
23	That 's why you ca n't look me in the eyes . ’
24	He tried to look me in the eye , Say
25	After ten he was hardly able to look me in the ear .
26	‘ Thank you , ’ she said , not daring to look them in the face .
27	Our squeamishness in the presence of our prey animals , our inability to look them in the eye , has condemned a large number of our pigs to nastiest existence imaginable .
28	I steel myself to look them in the eyes .
29	I do n't think I could bear to look them in the face . ’
30	Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent .