Example sentences of "caught my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught my first glimpse of Jane through their open door . |
| 2 | Though many pieces caught my eye at Harrow , space limits my personal choice . |
| 3 | The reason the Labradoodle caught my eye is that Bubbles is the result of a liaison between a Miniature Poodle and — wait for it — a Labrador/Boxer cross . |
| 4 | ‘ Amy 's drawing caught my attention because it was a simple but dramatic interpretation of the brief . |
| 5 | He caught my astonished stare , and paused as he was jotting down the orders , glancing down at himself in apparent wonder at what I could be looking at . |
| 6 | On a wet day , eyeing the lanes of traffic before crossing to the hospital , I caught my toe in a paving-stone and fell fiat . |
| 7 | The name that caught my eye was the Probables ' outside-half , Stephen Bachop . |
| 8 | I had one letter , written after he got back to Darvel , in which he spoke of how our parting had affected him : ‘ You seemed so big-eyed and pathetic when I left , that it fairly caught my heart ; that exit was the most difficult I 've ever made in my life . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It was the News that caught my interest . ’ |
| 10 | Both waders immediately filled and I caught my breath as freezing April waters began to stimulate sensitive nether regions . |
| 11 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 12 | But a large plate of bread slices , nearly invisible beneath a glossy coating of dark red jam , caught my eye as I walked past their stall . |
| 13 | ‘ I don ’ t know , just caught my imagination somehow , I suppose , thought it might be a bit of a laugh . |
| 14 | But this was not all that caught my attention . |
| 15 | Something that immediately caught my attention was the astounding similarity between the picture of Frank on the cover , and our very own Mark Caswell . |
| 16 | The little brown bottle caught my eye again , and putting my cup and saucer down I uncapped and re-examined it . |
| 17 | Ellen caught my eye , looked down at the ridiculous leaflet , and suddenly we both began to laugh helplessly . |
| 18 | Ellen caught my eye , and we stared at each other for a sympathetic fraction of a second , then I looked away to see that the sticky liquid had sprayed across the teak planks . |
| 19 | This immediately caught my imagination , for in the indigenous churches in Burma we had no musical instruments and no choirs . |
| 20 | However , what caught my eye most was a highly polished harmonium . |
| 21 | Your book caught my eye . |
| 22 | The Sheikha caught my eye and shook her head as if to say , ‘ This is all very old and not for today . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ At the airport she looked so lovely I caught my breath ’ |
| 24 | When I met her at the airport after she flew in to London from Los Angeles recently , I caught my breath when I saw her because she just looked so lovely . |
| 25 | But really it was the buzzards and the kestrels circling overhead that caught my eye as we made our way down the coastal path . |
| 26 | We had gone about a hundred yards when one particular house caught my eye . |
| 27 | Tom caught my eye behind her back and winked to acknowledge my presence on alien territory . |
| 28 | She caught my eye expressively as Dr Curtis voiced our thoughts . |
| 29 | In any event I assumed the man in the overalls was the engineer and he was the one who caught my attention . |
| 30 | As I picked it up to throw it aside a line of small print caught my eye : ‘ Ivory tower for long or short let . |