Example sentences of "[conj] the eye of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether in God 's eye or the eye of a cat . |
| 2 | It was , it was indeed , a virus so small that the eye of man had never seen it before . |
| 3 | The radio keeps telling you that the eye of the hurricane is here or there , getting near anyway , and you try to figure whether to leave the windows open a crack or tape them and you remember that the highest point of Key West is only 16 feet above sea level , and how the great hurricane of 1936 caught a train half way up the Keys filled with refugees from Key West and drowned them all , and you can get nervous . |
| 4 | It 's already remarkable that the eyes of every animal examined to date , vertebrate and invertebrate , use rhodopsin type photochemistry . |
| 5 | Sister Paul , who was the author of several devotional volumes , wrote the special prayer : Heart of Jesus , grant that the eyes of the non-Catholic father of Thy little servants , Martha and Matilda , may be opened , that his tepid soul may become fervent , and that he may return to establish himself on his rightful hearth , Amen . |
| 6 | I knew that the eyes of at least half the accountants and data-processors at the neighbouring tables were on her as well as my own . |
| 7 | Eyes ‘ moving no more than the eyes of a corpse … follow me like a pair of jailers … |
| 8 | However , I also linked wealth with being selfish , greedy , materialistic , hard-hearted , snobbish , and dull — as well as with childhood images from the Bible about camels and the eye of a needle ! |
| 9 | And the eye of a hare |
| 10 | And the eye of ravenous joy — king of infinite liberty |
| 11 | The palm bore the inverted cross and the Eye of Osiris and on the back a blood red pentangle . |
| 12 | A big hat : with a brim large enough to protect you from the sun and the eyes of the curious , thus allowing you to look enigmatic when you 're merely asleep . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , best of luck , Hoo-arn , ’ she cried , priding herself on her pronunciation , as Juan cantered on to the field , followed by a cloud of dust and the eyes of every woman round the pitch . |
| 14 | The first time the adventurers make any attempt to break it , tell them that the figure of Khorne appears to move in the frame and the eyes of the god appear to be turned on them . |
| 15 | He had the heart of a daemon and the eyes of a hawk . |
| 16 | The cows of my country are small and black , and the cats , and the eyes of my countrymen . |
| 17 | And from a yellow door issued a man in a white coat , and the eyes of his harem of suppliants went to him , the click of knitting needles hesitated and pages of rustling magazines halted . |
| 18 | Beverages were drunk , stories were told and the eyes of newcomers and students grew wider as , true to form , the ‘ old hands ’ began to enjoy the weekend . |
| 19 | Much of the machinery is in working order and I was so fascinated to see it actually in operation that I was late getting back to the bus ; driver sitting with engine running , and the eyes of every accusing fellow passenger upon me . |
| 20 | That 's what I try to bring out in the story , and the eyes of the whites ; their penetrating eyes , their hostile eyes . |
| 21 | A lot has happened since then and the eyes of the world have been diverted elsewhere to the Gulf , the Kurds , the break up of the Soviet union . |
| 22 | But the eyes of the world will soon be on them |
| 23 | So on a cold dark night the body heat of warm-blooded animals interferes with the clarity of vision , but the eyes of a toad can still pierce the gloom . |
| 24 | Outside his father 's rooms he stopped , in the grip of a strong reluctance , but the eyes of others were upon him . |
| 25 | Even without elaborate camouflage markings , this immobility is of great value to prey species because the eyes of prowling killers are more sensitive to movements than to static shapes . |
| 26 | The retina of the octopus has up to 20 million light receptors , while the eyes of a giant squid are huge , measuring an incredible 40 centimetres across , and may be equipped with over 1000 million light detectors — nearly 100 times more than our own eyes . |
| 27 | God opens the images of nature , like the leaves of a book , before the eyes of his creature , Man — and teaches him all that is grand and beautiful in the foaming cataract , the glassy lake , and the floating mist . ’ |
| 28 | William , who attended the meeting , also agreed that he behaved better when the eyes of the world were upon him . |
| 29 | With a powerful , angry jerk he slammed her against his body and covered her parted lips with his mouth , kissing her deeply and forcefully , his tongue plundering hers with such fierce urgency that the world seemed to stop spinning , fall as still and silent as the eye of a hurricane . |