Example sentences of "looked [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I looked them up in the big dictionary my father had bought for me by mail order at the beginning of the year . |
2 | Why , once he looked me right in the face and sneered . |
3 | She looked me straight in the eye . |
4 | Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky . |
5 | And then he looked me straight in the face , ‘ One day , soon , Nicky , God 's spirit is going to deal with you . |
6 | Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye . |
7 | At one point during the meal , she reached over to me , put her hand on mine , looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ I think you are a lesbian . ’ |
8 | But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’ |
9 | Melanie looked me squarely in the face . |
10 | Some houses frown ; some look indignant , prim or shy ; but this one looked you straight in the face and greeted you with a smile . |
11 | He looked her straight in the face . |
12 | In that second , while Jinny was babbling on about Joe , the boy looked her straight in the eyes and spoke soundlessly , his lips shaping a single word . |
13 | He came and stood beside her , and looked her straight in the face . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | He looked her straight in the eyes . |
16 | Mark looked him straight in the eye . |
17 | 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 . ’ |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 ? ’ |
20 | 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 ? ’ |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Mr Bewdsley looked him straight in the eye . |
23 | Robert looked him straight in the eyes . |
24 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
25 | Then , at last , I looked him straight in the eyes . |
26 | I looked him straight in the eye . |
27 | 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 ’ |
28 | She raised her lashes , raised her chin , looked him straight in the eye through a controlled mist of tears . |
29 | ‘ Excuse me , you ca n't leave that there ! ’ she said firmly , and looked him straight in the eye . |
30 | Summoning her courage , Folly looked him squarely in the face . |