Example sentences of "[adj] eye stare " in BNC.
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| 1 | His blind-filmed eyes stared at it , all but unwinking . |
| 2 | On the way I passed the rabbit I thought had escaped , lying just before the sparkling clean water of the stream ; blackened and contorted , locked into a weird , twisted crouch , its dead dry eyes staring up at me as I passed by , accusatory . |
| 3 | She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable . |
| 4 | The female still lay there , watery eyes staring at some remote distance from which she waited to be recalled . |
| 5 | High overhead , a buzzard circled lazily on a column of warm air and on the roadway a butterfly with big white-ringed , russet-coloured eyes staring from its black wingtips , opened and closed its wings . |
| 6 | Brown eyes stared upside-down into green . |
| 7 | Dark brown eyes stare back at him . |
| 8 | Big brown eyes stare bleakly into the distance , the thousand-yard stare of so many kids in this war . |
| 9 | A group of musicians stood in the angle of one of the buttresses of the cathedral playing tambour and fife whilst the Dean and Chapter , garlands of roses on their heads , danced in solemn procession around the severed head of a buck which had been placed on a pole , its brown eyes staring glassily over those who now rejoiced at its death . |
| 10 | But all they could see was a big brown eye staring anxiously back at them . |
| 11 | ’ His dark eyes stared into hers . |
| 12 | Great dark eyes stared up from under broad brow and untidy hairline . |
| 13 | The large dark eyes stared at him tragically . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you for a super time , ’ she offered sincerely as she waited for the lift to arrive — and felt her heart race to beat the band when , all male dark eyes stared down at her . |
| 15 | A week ago a man on the run had come into her house , he had been unkempt , his hair curling thickly about his face , he had not been as well groomed as the man standing before her now , but the breadth of shoulder was the same and something about the dark eyes staring into hers touched a chord . |
| 16 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 17 | Is milky eyes staring at bosoms to be hugged |
| 18 | Curious despite herself , Rory opened both tawny eyes to stare quizzically at her friend . |
| 19 | His brown , nearly auburn hair clung to his scalp as if with misery , sad eyes stared out of a freckled face , his hands were clenched tight . |
| 20 | The outside eye stared : as a vice locks — |
| 21 | These false eyes stare implacably , challenging the predator to bite , while the small , real eye of the prey is sufficiently concealed not to give the game away . |
| 22 | The beady little eyes stared up at her reproachfully , but they did n't see anything . |
| 23 | Then his opaque eyes stared once more at his resonator , cutting her out of his attention , and Jezrael was obscurely jealous of the quartz which glowed with fleeting internal light . |
| 24 | Her head drooped to one side , and her heavy-lidded eyes stared at the ashtray , even though they did not focus on it . |
| 25 | There was a fine blue sky with great white clouds in the distance , and even the restless tiger had stopped still and was dozing , his great eyes staring out peacefully on the world as he occasionally licked a paw and groomed himself . |
| 26 | My attention was attracted by Granny 's big black eyes staring down from her photograph on the wall . |
| 27 | Her lifeless eyes stared down at him , her tongue protruded from her mouth . |
| 28 | In the ensuing silence , Elfswitha 's weapons clanked once and the shallow eyes stared . |
| 29 | A marble girl , once white , blind eyes staring . |
| 30 | She was obviously flustered and I 'll never forget her concerned eyes staring into mine . |