Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] eyes [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She narrowed her eyes to send the close out of focus , and painted in broad splashes of border colour — a bank of lupins there , clumps of huge red poppies over here . |
| 2 | She narrowed her eyes to catch the first mosquito smudge of distant cormorants — give them till daylight , she told herself as if you can command their flight ! |
| 3 | She lowered her eyes to avoid the priest 's glance . |
| 4 | Dogs , for example , and many mammals , rely heavily on their noses for close-range perception using their eyes to scan the wider horizons . |
| 5 | These dark red molecules do not absorb far-red light , however , and the piranha 's far-red shifted vision allows its eyes to pierce the gloom . |
| 6 | She dropped her eyes to study the contents of her glass . |
| 7 | Luce became aware of sunlight lying like a warm caress across her closed lids , and opened her eyes to find the shutters throwing tiger stripes of light and shade across the bed . |
| 8 | The sky was still grey and menacing and both sisters allowed their eyes to comb the white mantled slope of the moors for some evidence of life . |
| 9 | He allowed his eyes to review the column of chrysanthemum seedlings in the pots arranged beside the small greenhouse . |
| 10 | At last the big bully grated to a stand-still , and opened his eyes to see the effect on his little friend . |
| 11 | Patrick carefully opened his eyes to find the three faces staring at him ; the look of satisfaction on Eddie 's face , contrasted sharply with Collins ' look of admiration , and Jane 's shocked expression . |
| 12 | Some birds certainly use their eyes to follow the geographical features they see below them and have a mental map by which they steer . |
| 13 | Close your eyes to perform the exercises . |
| 14 | He smiled his thanks , allowing his eyes to meet the girl 's , and Kate found herself uncurling fingers that had suddenly dug nails into her palms . |
| 15 | When she saw Mike in the pit — Mike who had helped her dam the slurry lagoon four years before — attaching a cluster to one of a line of cows , when she slapped the flank of that cow , and shut her eyes to inhale the air loaded with the smell of blood-warm milk , udderwash and cow breath , she was utterly content in the conviction of her seamless permanence . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , well , ’ he shrugged , rubbing his eyes to get the sleep out of them . |
| 17 | She waited breathlessly , pressed closely into a recess in the outer wall , straining her eyes to catch a glimpse of the men as they came within the orbit of the flambeau . |
| 18 | It was full moon , Inspector , ’ Miss Tilley rounded her eyes to help the Inspector with this concept . |
| 19 | You may open your eyes to check the time , but do not use an alarm . |
| 20 | I closed my eyes to inspect the patterns , but only the burning after-image remained , fading like the glow on the metal plate . |
| 21 | But she did n't give us the satisfaction of raising her eyes to confirm the fact . |
| 22 | She managed a light laugh but had to blink her eyes to prevent the gathering tears from falling . |
| 23 | He fell silent , staring broodingly at the picture , and Kathleen closed her eyes to stop the tears from overflowing . |