Example sentences of "the [noun] of [pos pn] eye [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the delicacy of her person and the brilliancy of her eye she had tinder enough in her constitution to catch a well struck spark and I trusted I should know how to set her ablaze in a few months more . |
| 2 | We bought these two sloping chairs right and Tony , where our seats were there was a big light in the ceiling , a big round light there , and it shone straight in the side of me eye I said we ca n't sit here . |
| 3 | And fitting his monocle beneath the bone of his eye he studied the menu . |
| 4 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw Prentice moving closer . |
| 5 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw a man in a white coat floundering through the snow towards them , and in some intuitive way this increased her anxiety to be off . |
| 6 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 7 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw Tweed glance again in the wing mirror . |
| 8 | Out of the corner of her eye she was aware of the group of horses and riders . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw Oliver move irritably . |
| 10 | In the corner of her eye she saw Maurin stir , looking up and gauging whether Durance 's rage was abated . |
| 11 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw that he and Simone were getting along like a house on fire . |
| 12 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw angry movement . |
| 13 | Out of the corner of her eye she looked , though , to see if her father was angry at the idea of a mere woman knowing the Words . |
| 14 | I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze . |
| 15 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw that David had dived below the surface . |
| 16 | Out of the corner of her eye she could see the rise and fall of his chest , and closed her eyes against a pull on her senses that set her heart tripping . |
| 17 | Out of the corner of her eye she watched Travis unroll the sleeping-bag and sit down to remove his boots . |
| 18 | From the corner of her eye she saw him walk away , pause for a moment , then give an indifferent shrug as he went through the kitchen to his study . |
| 19 | From the corner of her eye she saw Ian Woodall make a bee-line for Joanna , and they greeted each other with evident pleasure . |
| 20 | Out of the corner of her eye she was watching Gabriel . |
| 21 | Out of the corner of my eye I watched him wipe himself with Kleenex tissues and drop them on the floor , indifferent to the smears of blood on them . |
| 22 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 23 | From the corner of my eye I see Walter return and realise with a start that the person accompanying him enswathed in a black bournous is Marianne . |
| 24 | Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood . |
| 25 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw Natalie stand up , salute and begin to silently mouth the words of the Promise ! |
| 26 | Rodriguez was still struggling and out of the corner of my eye I could see the patron watching us uneasily . |
| 27 | As we were talking , out of the corner of my eye I could see Balvinder Singh stumbling back from the cooking-corner of the tent , holding a plate piled high with hot pakoras . |
| 28 | from the corner of my eye I can see his partner , tangled with his chair in the dirt behind the portacabin . |
| 29 | Out of the corner of my eye I noticed how the prioress kept sending him frowning glances at being ignored , interspersed with coy smiles in an attempt to provoke him into some loving conspiracy about the events of the previous night . |
| 30 | From the corner of my eye I saw Nigger retreat a couple of paw lengths , perhaps to get a better run at me . |