Example sentences of "eye contact [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |
| 2 | If I was walking past a building site , I 'd put my head down , trying not to have eye contact with anyone , but I 'd be expecting it anyway — not because I 'm pretty , but because if it 's summer and you 're a girl and , say wearing shorts , it 's inevitable . |
| 3 | A good example is to watch a skilful presenter , making eye contact with the audience , standing still , using gestures and visual aids to emphasize a point . |
| 4 | You have to force yourself to make adequate eye contact with the audience and to stand still . |
| 5 | evading eye contact with the interviewer . |
| 6 | The victim can raise his or her status through standing and sitting tall and proud , making steady eye contact with the interviewer from the outset , taking time to answer questions and responding in a clear voice . |
| 7 | I was paralysed with fear at the very thought of making eye contact with them , let alone playing the teacher . |
| 8 | You can not read and make eye contact with the audience . |
| 9 | ‘ We did manage to achieve Dalek eye contact with our actors by devising a kind of iris round for one of the cameras which gave you a point-of-view shot from the Dalek . |
| 10 | Several blind people complained of the excessive concern over their inability to make eye contact with clients and the difficulty they had convincing teaching staff that they could cope . |
| 11 | Establish eye contact with the judge , and make sure that you can be heard . |
| 12 | Cardiff retained eye contact with the blond man as he drew level . |
| 13 | Furthermore , when visiting our local dominance and submission sex club , we are warned that ‘ master/mistress never initiates eye contact with another 's slave ’ . |
| 14 | Any handbook on assertiveness techniques will tell you that the first rule is to make eye contact with your interviewers . |
| 15 | Both the ones where they did it right , they maintained good eye contact with the person they were trying to persuade . |
| 16 | I exchanged eye contact with Werewolf 's shades . |
| 17 | The could be if you pop yourself there , he sits there and she sits there , you 're asking him a question , he 's not sure , he looks at her , so if you look you ca n't see what you 're doing , you want to be able to maintain eye contact with them both , yeah , one of the effective ways , well they 're going to be aware of the layout of the living room , this is their , this is their stage . |
| 18 | By the time they got back to the Buccaneer , the sun was turning pink and orange to usher in another early Caribbean night , and Virginia felt weary with the emotional tension of avoiding either body or eye contact with her companion , and keeping the conversation on a relentlessly impersonal level . |
| 19 | Not to make eye contact with anyone in the audience . |
| 20 | Your eye contact with me is body language . |
| 21 | But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie . |
| 22 | Eye contact on one person at a time for a complete thought , usually for about five seconds . |
| 23 | looking at the other person for at least half the time and holding eye contact for a complete thought ( usually about five seconds ) |
| 24 | Maggie , who usually avoids eye contact for too long , keeps her face steady on mine . |
| 25 | I smile back and we hold eye contact for a few seconds . |
| 26 | There are culturally determined practices related to eye contact , for example certain aborigines , to be polite , do not look into each other 's eyes as they talk , whereas in the Western world it is polite to maintain eye contact during conversation . |
| 27 | In some cultures eye contact between men and women is strictly forbidden outside the immediate family . |
| 28 | Factors like eye contact between lecturer and individuals in the audience give members of the audience an impression , however slight , that they are in communication with the lecturer . |
| 29 | Punks were not normally aggressive , and though he adhered to his normal practice of avoiding eye contact in public places he was fairly relaxed about them . |
| 30 | If you , the teacher , take on the " obstacle " role you can focus on their use of space/ body language/ eye contact in their attempts to get round the obstacle . |