Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] her eyes " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Freed hair fluttered about her eyes in soft , damp lashes . |
| 2 | Sweat dripped into her eyes . |
| 3 | With difficulty I raised my gaze to her face , staring dazedly at the soft abundance of her mouth , the petal-perfect skin , the powerful femaleness that radiated from her eyes . |
| 4 | Tears rose in her eyes . |
| 5 | The laughter fled from her eyes as quickly as it had come . |
| 6 | Emily felt a moment of pure terror , the spectre of the workhouse on Mount Pleasant Hill rose before her eyes , the poor house where the homeless lived a life of sheer drudgery and hardship . |
| 7 | The events of the luncheon party swam before her eyes . |
| 8 | Two candles would be wasteful but the small stitches she was making in the soft leather swam before her eyes in the poor light . |
| 9 | The handwritten words swam before her eyes and her heart thudded . |
| 10 | She remembered Alain Gebrec 's warning that parts of it were unstable ; a vision of the shattered body of Wolfgang Klein swam before her eyes , her stomach contracted and her legs turned to cotton wool . |
| 11 | The pages swam before her eyes . |
| 12 | A smear of red sunlight bounced across her eyes as the ship completed its landing approach . |
| 13 | Rebecca dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief . |
| 14 | My mum dabbed at her eyes . |
| 15 | Finding one , she dabbed at her eyes . |
| 16 | The barmaid dabbed at her eyes . |
| 17 | Steve asked , grinning widely as she finally dabbed at her eyes . |
| 18 | Nicola exhaled with her eyes closed . |
| 19 | She thought of a beautiful phrase — to comfort his sad heart — and tears came into her eyes . |
| 20 | A distant look came into her eyes . |
| 21 | She raised her chin a little , and a hard look came into her eyes . |
| 22 | Tears came into her eyes as she watched him , though she could n't have said why , but she did know it was something she 'd never forget , etched on her memory now forever . |
| 23 | She stopped and tears came into her eyes . |
| 24 | She turned to the table , yawning so that the tears came into her eyes . |
| 25 | Her chest heaved , tears came into her eyes . |
| 26 | The smile slowly faded from Jennifer 's face and she sighed , then a far-away look came into her eyes as she added , ‘ A lot 's happened since then . ’ |
| 27 | The metal of the gear-casing vibrated before her eyes , rattling the spanners in an open toolbox . |
| 28 | She had often thought of it and each time she did Stephen 's face came before her eyes , as clear as some mystic 's vision , the most vulnerable face she had ever seen , the face of a brave child . |
| 29 | She recalled Ian 's advice and whenever the picture came before her eyes , she tried breathing it out . |
| 30 | But a shifty , rather criminal smirk , lingered in her eyes . |