Example sentences of "their eyes when " in BNC.
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| 1 | People could hardly believe their eyes when they opened their newspapers yesterday morning : alongside the ritual party propaganda there was genuine criticism and complaints . |
| 2 | They wash them , help them perform the intimate functions of relieving bladder and bowels , change dressings on wounds , give medicine , help them take their first steps after an operation , make beds , waken them up , tell them to go to sleep , close their eyes when they die . |
| 3 | ‘ But I watch their eyes when they speak , and I see what they intend . |
| 4 | Everyone had gone except this boorish man and his sleazy dirty place , and the poor old decrepit cleaner , who did n't seem particularly dismayed at the sight that greeted their eyes when they went into the room where the reception had been held . |
| 5 | People living on the estate could n't believe their eyes when they saw their new neighbour . |
| 6 | BEMUSED rail commuters could hardly believe their eyes when they stepped off trains at a rainswept Merseyside station yesterday . |
| 7 | ‘ You can see it in their eyes when they 're talking to you . |
| 8 | MALCOLM and Judy Carvell could n't believe their eyes when they visited their old village after five years in Australia . |
| 9 | With that brilliant pair Torville and Dean so much in the news , Easter Course members at Walsall could n't believe their eyes when these idols appeared before them — on roller skates ! |
| 10 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |