Example sentences of "[pos pn] eye [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the shadow of the bus , a vulture wheeling overhead , I kept my eyes fixed on the bush behind us . |
| 2 | I keep my eyes fixed on my script . |
| 3 | I revolve about you , dazed and unhappy , with my eyes fixed on you helplessly . |
| 4 | My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket . |
| 5 | The swing-door dividing the buffet from the kitchen contains a central , circular pink-tinted window and , as I gaze through it at the catering staff , my eyes fall on a cross between Fassbinder 's Querelle and one of Hieronymus Bosch 's more frightening paintings . |
| 6 | I sat , dozed , slurped from the wineskin , said a few prayers and kept my eyes fastened on the Lady Chapel . |
| 7 | I 'd no idea how I was going to deal with this until my eyes settled on the grate . |
| 8 | Without moving and keeping my eyes focused on the page , I thought ‘ dinner , Sorrel ’ . |
| 9 | My eyes stayed on his wrists , and moved up to his starched cuffs , somehow more noticeable than all that gold , or gold paint in the case of the watch . |
| 10 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 11 | My eye falls on the geraniums by the window , which all the way through this conversation , presumably , have been continuing to scent the office air . |
| 12 | ‘ my eye fell on a little hymn which my sister had copied ; it was that beautiful one : ‘ There 's a home for little children Above the bright blue sky … |
| 13 | My eye fell on a page she had left on the kitchen table the other day and I had noted , before I could avert my eyes , a pretty scholarly history of my conversion to double-knotting , after an incident when I was unable to get out of the train at Greenwich one evening and found myself being carried on to Maze Hill , because someone was standing on the trailing lace of my shoe . |
| 14 | The official blurb explains that the plaster figures ‘ stand as if boldly forging ahead , their eyes fixed on our motherland 's beautiful future ’ . |
| 15 | The storm had passed and done its worst ; now the women gathered , dressed alike in full dark skirts and tucked-in blouses , shawls pulled over their heads — re-enacting a painting by Krøyer , their eyes fixed on the sea . |
| 16 | Several other Muslim families stood by in shock , their eyes fixed on brush fires scorching the opposite hillside . |
| 17 | Modern scholars , conscious of the large issues involved in this struggle , have generally found this intrusion of the local and material interests of the church of Canterbury at a critical moment incomprehensible , and having their eyes fixed on the historically more important matters of investiture and homage , they have supposed that Anselm 's eyes must also have been similarly directed . |
| 18 | If , amidst the generally apocalyptic atmosphere of the time , devout Jews were anxiously awaiting the advent of two Messiahs — one royal from David , one priestly from Aaron — they would have had their eyes fixed on a limited number of families . |
| 19 | The Doctor had expected this to provoke some reaction but the Chelonians remained resolutely silent , their eyes fixed on the big screen that showed a trundling view of their journey through the wastes . |
| 20 | They would just stand there , motionless , their eyes fixed on the horizon , scarcely speaking to each other . |
| 21 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 22 | The rest of them kept their eyes fastened on the duke , waiting to see what lay behind his summons . |
| 23 | I did n't realize Farouk … ’ she trailed off when she saw Graham and Laidlaw both look past her , their eyes riveted on the man who had appeared in the doorway . |
| 24 | They demanded a re-trial claiming their clients had noticed members of the bench had their eyes closed on the opening day of the hearing . |
| 25 | Some of the dealers clearly had their eyes cocked on the coming Biennale des Antiquaires , and were holding back their best pieces . |
| 26 | Ludus is strictly for women with their eyes set on newsagents ' mid-shelves |
| 27 | Do their eyes focus on brighter tomorrows ? |
| 28 | The cat looked up , and then it began to work its way upwards , its eyes fixed on its intended prey . |
| 29 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
| 30 | It whined , backed away with its eyes fixed on Grimma , and then darted off into the darkness . |