Example sentences of "to look he [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 2 | It was out in the open now and she was able to look him in the face again , all pretence finished . |
| 3 | to look him in the face again |
| 4 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 5 | She turned her head slightly to look him in the face . |
| 6 | But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not . |
| 7 | Jazzbeaux tried not to look him in the eye . |
| 8 | Gedanken stared down at the carpet , unable to look him in the eye . |
| 9 | Thus ( 66 ) implies " He did n't dare oppose his wife 's whims any more than he dared commit high treason " , ( 67 ) that the speaker is of the opinion that they would n't dare say a word against him , and in ( 68 ) the speaker very clearly believes that the addressee does n't have the cheek to look him in the eye and tell such an obvious lie . |
| 10 | Almost as though to punish herself for that foolishness , she forced herself to look him in the eye and enquire , ‘ So , how is Janice enjoying married life ? ’ |
| 11 | The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching . |