Example sentences of "his eyes were [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presently she could see him again ; his head was erect , but his eyes were cast down so that she could only see the dark . |
| 2 | She glared up , aware of the slight change in his tone , and saw that his eyes were scouring hers with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 3 | The man 's face had turned black , his eyes were bulging , and at last he crashed to the ground , with such force that he almost shook Fleury off … but Fleury remained dragging on the violin until he was certain the sepoy was dead . |
| 4 | His eyes were bulging out of his head , and if he could have easily sprung from the chair , he might have locked his hands round the younger man 's throat . |
| 5 | As he spoke his eyes were darting around and between the trees , seeking their own answer . |
| 6 | He did n't seem to hear ; his eyes were darting about , looking anxiously around . |
| 7 | She was there at the departmental conference and he included her in the general nod and smile as he entered the executive producer 's office , but his eyes were guarded , and not just on her account . |
| 8 | Then he saw her , at the same time his mind registering the music , and his eyes were guarded . |
| 9 | For a second Lord Lovat said nothing and his eyes were veiled . |
| 10 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 11 | His eyes were fixed on someone or something at the room 's edge and Lucille , turning to see what had caught his astonished attention , saw the golden girl returning d'Alembord 's gaze with what seemed to be pure poison . |
| 12 | His eyes were fixed , like someone watching a flow of water across a weir . |
| 13 | ’ His eyes were fixed on the hint of plumpness under the girl 's armpit . |
| 14 | His eyes were fixed on one of the pictures of the past Baskervilles on the wall . |
| 15 | His eyes were fixed on the place where the path disappeared into the fog . |
| 16 | I looked away from him to see what his eyes were fixed on . |
| 17 | His eyes were fixed on her with such intensity that she felt as if that dark brown gaze were burning her skin . |
| 18 | Roylott was sitting on a chair , and his eyes were fixed on the air-vent . |
| 19 | His eyes were fixed remotely on the horizon . |
| 20 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 21 | His eyes were fixed on Thorfinn . |
| 22 | He was n't looking at me as he spoke , his eyes were fixed on the tatty door of the Mimosa . |
| 23 | She glanced at Guido and saw that his eyes were fixed on Silvia , who was following behind Jeff as they made their way down the landing plank . |
| 24 | Nuadu could see that his eyes were distended with fright now , but he stared back at his captor , unflinchingly . |
| 25 | His eyes were glinting as he thought about the revenge he could have on the Islington people . |
| 26 | But his eyes were glinting , as if he was looking at something no mere human could see . |
| 27 | His eyes were piercing , bright as two pieces of jet , missing not a single thing as they moved inch by slow inch over her face . |
| 28 | His eyes were watering as he started it , and he looked away from me again , towards the deserted white tables around us . |
| 29 | His eyes were lost in the fire . |
| 30 | Guillamon stepped out of the Manse ; he was grey and brittle in the cold but his eyes were flashing brighter than the hard sky . |