Example sentences of "[verb] his eyes [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 2 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 3 | Gosse hunched his shoulders and lowered his head slightly , in deference to Rosten , but kept his eyes on him . |
| 4 | Without taking his eyes off him , he opened the drawer of his desk and felt about inside it until he had located a toffee . |
| 5 | Percy Makepeace , too , knew that , and seldom took his eyes off him . |