Example sentences of "his eyes [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hardly looked at her , but kept his eyes trained on her hands , or on his , but now and then she caught his look behind the smoked glass of his lenses , a milky , slightly protruding glance , mild as a trout . |
| 2 | He tugged a fur-lined hat over his cropped white hair as he approached the transit van , his eyes riveted on Vasili 's face . |
| 3 | Kolchinsky sat behind Philpott 's desk , his eyes riveted on Whitlock and Sabrina . |
| 4 | Whitlock asked , his eyes riveted on Bailey . |
| 5 | ‘ And this is Señor Mitchell , ’ he introduced as Mitch came up , his eyes riveted on the girl 's face . |
| 6 | She leaned back against the wall and looked at him tauntingly as his head rose sharply at her tone and his eyes fastened on her . |
| 7 | ‘ Well done , Tsu Ma ? ’ each said before moving on , expecting no answer ; seeing how he stood there , his arms limp at his sides , his broad chest heaving , his eyes locked on the fallen figure on the floor beneath him . |
| 8 | Garvey stopped grinning and his eyes turned on Gabriel . |
| 9 | Vincent walked out into the middle of the road and stood there , his eyes fixed on the distant comer around which the hearse had disappeared . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
| 11 | Behind him , Briant sat calmly , legs outstretched , his hands thrust into the pockets of his near-white coat , his eyes fixed on the toes of his highly polished shoes as he rocked his crossed ankles in a slow rhythm . |
| 12 | The rats fled and Corbett fell back on the ledge , chest heaving , sobbing with anger and fear , his eyes fixed on the grating , praying for dawn . |
| 13 | He passed beside them all , seeing no one , his eyes fixed on the sea and the skiff , and the two great ships and the galleys beyond , all of them flying the Lusignan flag . |
| 14 | The redoubtable driver just keeps his eyes fixed on the road . |
| 15 | Shamlou hissed , his eyes fixed on Christie 's blood-drained face . |
| 16 | Leeming nodded , his eyes fixed on Duncan . |
| 17 | Manvell kept his eyes fixed on Sharpe , half fearing that the Rifleman might still attack . |
| 18 | Leslie nodded , his eyes fixed on the floor . |
| 19 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
| 20 | He leaned forward and crooked his bony arms round the neat piles of money , protecting it , coveting it , his eyes fixed on his stepson 's face . |
| 21 | ‘ What must I understand ? ’ he asked , his eyes fixed on me . |
| 22 | He sat with his eyes fixed on great breakers rolling on a coral atoll somewhere in the immense Pacific . |
| 23 | He kept his eyes fixed on the crest of the hill over which she would appear freewheeling down on her bicycle , black hair streaming and her long skirt ballooning out on either side like a bat 's wings . |
| 24 | ‘ Before your father went to receive that money , he came to see me , ’ continued Mr Brownlow slowly , his eyes fixed on Monks ' face . |
| 25 | Mait kept his eyes fixed on him as he approached — a malnourished skeleton of a man . |
| 26 | Clinton asked , his eyes fixed on the tiny square . |
| 27 | She found him standing in front of the fireplace , his eyes fixed on the clock . |
| 28 | ‘ Jesus Christ , ’ muttered Gregson , his eyes fixed on the name of Lucas . |
| 29 | Another man , dressed in a leather jacket and trousers that were too short , was walking briskly across the concourse , his eyes fixed on Donna . |
| 30 | But the Lad had his eyes fixed on Fergus . |