Example sentences of "able to look [pron] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After ten he was hardly able to look me in the ear . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was out in the open now and she was able to look him in the face again , all pretence finished . |
| 4 | The net effect of these injunctions ( as well as others we shall meet later ) is to ensure that the natural inability of human beings to respond ‘ perfectly ’ to all situations , however demanding or paradoxical , is construed by those human beings as clear evidence of personal inadequacy : they lack the ability , resilience or ready-made savoir-faire that they somehow ought to have , in limitless supply , if they are to be able to look themselves in the eye in the bathroom mirror each morning . |
| 5 | I shall never be able to look anyone in the eye again . |