Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] eyes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scaffold there was the first thing I clapped my eyes on when we entered the stinking streets of Paris . |
| 2 | I sang quite loudly to rise above the noise of the cars , and fixed my eyes on Anna , walking among the tables with her straw hat ready for coins . |
| 3 | I gulped , and fixed my eyes on the blood-red pen on the desk . |
| 4 | She strained her eyes into the broken circle of darkness , and a breath of ancient tension and fear seemed to issue chillingly from the hole the river had torn in history . |
| 5 | She sighed angrily , then narrowed her eyes into slits and stared at Buddie 's broad back . |
| 6 | Cleo narrowed her eyes at him in approximation of a sympathetic glance , although in her heart she felt no pity at all . |
| 7 | The woman narrowed her eyes at her . |
| 8 | The girl narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 9 | She did not resist , but narrowed her eyes at the children . |
| 10 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 11 | She narrowed her eyes at him over the coffee-table . |
| 12 | She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously . |
| 13 | It went pop , and Signe leaned forward into the candlelight so that all the customers could see her , and sipped at the champagne and narrowed her eyes at me in a gesture of passion that she had seen in some bad film . |
| 14 | She narrowed her eyes at him and warned him icily , ‘ If you 've come here with some idea of trying to block my petition to become Kirsty 's guardian , I warn you right now you 're wasting your time ! ’ |
| 15 | Shiona sat back in her seat and narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 16 | She narrowed her eyes at Guido . |
| 17 | Ronni narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 18 | Ronni narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 19 | Kelly narrowed her eyes with mock suspicion . |
| 20 | The superintendent narrowed her eyes with puzzlement . |
| 21 | Then she leant back and narrowed her eyes with concentration . |
| 22 | Signe narrowed her eyes to slits and sucked her cheeks in a grotesque imitation of a girl in a fashion magazine . |
| 23 | The girl in the Chinese house-coat narrowed her eyes upon the central figure in the tableau before her , and the supple lines of her face sharpened into crystal , and lost their smiling gaiety . |
| 24 | Her mind was floating over turquoise waves and she narrowed her eyes against an ocean that sparkled silver all the way to the horizon . |
| 25 | What about , for example — ’ and she cast her eyes around her assembly , seeing reprieve , in the approaching form of Edgar Lintot , her first husband , ‘ what about Edgar ? |
| 26 | She plucked a handkerchief from her sleeve and dabbed her eyes with it . |
| 27 | Dana dabbed her eyes with a fine lace handkerchief , careful not to smudge her eye make-up , Claudia noted with indulgence . |
| 28 | My mum dabbed her eyes with her handkerchief and said , ‘ Arnold Bottomley had a seizure when he was on a canal boat and it took four of us to hold him , although he had been so easy-going on other trips , especially the Greek one that I did n't go on . |
| 29 | Frowning slightly , her face thoughtful , she moved her eyes to Leo 's large , capable hands as they revolved the egg-shaped carving . |
| 30 | She fixed her eyes on Mr Hollins 's face and waited for his answer . |