Example sentences of "eye [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing moved , but the world tilted , and she looked down into eyes that registered he had felt it too . |
| 2 | His dilated pupils told one story , the honesty of the eyes that enclosed them another . |
| 3 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 4 | He smiled suddenly , something in his eyes that made her instantly wary , but when she tried to remove her hand from his arm he covered her fingers with his own and held them there . |
| 5 | Under a massive front-page headline , HUNT FOR DRACULA FIEND ( Star ) , the report indicated that a 13-year-old was able to tell detectives that her attacker ‘ had short dark hair streaked with grey and deep-set eyes that made him ‘ look a bit like Dracula ’ ' . |
| 6 | He 'd gone with one once , after a party , back to a flat with a friend of Dave 's , who 'd laughed at him and had eyes that made him feel he was being drawn into something he could n't stop , and when she shed her clothes and left them discarded on the floor he 'd stared , open-mouthed , aware of the noise inside his head , something to do with what he 'd drunk , he could still hear the music , and was aware too of the smell of some cologne that merged with hairspray and covered something that he did not want to know about , the dirt and dust of the room and the female odours that half-attracted and repelled him . |
| 7 | He looked at her with his blue eyes that made you feel you were in the far distance and he was bringing you into focus gradually , like a ball magnetised to drop into his outstretched hand , be clasped by his fingers . |
| 8 | Blue eyes that made it hard to look away . |
| 9 | She had bright blue eyes that surveyed them warily . |
| 10 | Dark , almond eyes that pierced him with their beauty . |
| 11 | The temperature in the restaurant seemed to drop by several degrees , and the eyes that met hers across the table glittered threateningly gold . |
| 12 | And the eyes that challenged her across he table were just brown eyes , filled with lazy amusement . |
| 13 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 14 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 15 | But it was her eyes that startled me . |
| 16 | Trent was reassured by the absence of hate in the dark , watchful , Latin eyes that faced him . |
| 17 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 18 | When he let her go she stared up at him with anguish in her eyes and heard him swear roughly , viciously . |
| 19 | Elinor narrowed her eyes and swung her straight black hair out behind her like a scarf . |
| 20 | Jose stared at her with greedy eyes and touched her and muttered suggestions of which no translation was necessary . |
| 21 | But she put it to her eyes and brought it away streaked black and green . |
| 22 | He rolled his eyes and blew her a kiss but unfortunately Maggie saw him do it . |
| 23 | His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often . |
| 24 | Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’ |
| 25 | Something changed in his face then , some fleeting spectre that drained the life from his eyes and left them cold and hard . |
| 26 | She threw her head back , shaking the limp hair out of her eyes and challenged him : ‘ Well , would you have turned it down ? ’ |
| 27 | But when she looked back at him he saw the hatred in her eyes and knew he had been right . |
| 28 | Then she saw the look of steely determination in his eyes and knew he was more than capable of it . |
| 29 | She closed her eyes and played it back , as if from a great height . |
| 30 | She opened her eyes and cursed him for disturbing her silent thoughts . |