Example sentences of "keep his eyes [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to make no use of this position for the purposes of observation , keeping his eyes trained instead on the pages of the paperback be had bought at Reading . |
| 2 | The redoubtable driver just keeps his eyes fixed on the road . |
| 3 | Surveying the solitary chair and bare mattress , the missing lightbulbs round the mirror , you understand why for much of the time Newley keeps his eyes closed , picturing maybe the backstage steamrooms and personal barmen of American showbiz . |
| 4 | The kid keeps his eyes closed to concentrate on screaming well . |
| 5 | ‘ Pop up to the police station instead and get Sergeant Stansted to keep his eyes skinned . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Endill kept his eyes shut and held on with all his strength . |
| 8 | If Preston kept his eyes shut and his mind on something else , they occasionally achieved simultaneous orgasm , but it took energy , it took stamina . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was the fact that he kept his eyes shut that made her bold . |
| 10 | Realising that his visitor was no ordinary mortal , the watchman did not challenge him but jumping to his feet he kept his eyes fixed firmly on the intruder , hoping thereby to induce him to retire . |
| 11 | Manvell kept his eyes fixed on Sharpe , half fearing that the Rifleman might still attack . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mait kept his eyes fixed on him as he approached — a malnourished skeleton of a man . |
| 14 | He kept his eyes fixed on the upper storey , but there was no sign of life , nor could he detect any female voice crying through the shouts of the firemen . |
| 15 | The Chief kept his eyes fixed on it . |
| 16 | Devlin kept his eyes closed and let him get on with it . |
| 17 | Gilbert kept his eyes screwed shut , waiting for it to return . |
| 18 | When he turned his head he kept his eyes closed , let out his breath , opened his eyes , looked and heard himself give a little whimpering sigh . |
| 19 | If the interval during which he kept his eyes closed was very short , say one second , he could maintain that we could not have exchanged our places in so short a time and invoke the laws of physics in support of his view . |
| 20 | His voice was softer than a goose 's neck , almost inaudible , and he kept his eyes turned away . |
| 21 | Lucien kept his eyes lowered behind his substitute veil , striving to maintain a straight spine , but with his head bent forwards . |
| 22 | He had stirred the dregs of his frothy coffee with a plastic spoon and he had kept his eyes fixed tight upon her , registering the slightest movement of her limbs and the most minuscule gesture which crossed her face . |
| 23 | He had kept his eyes peeled . |