Example sentences of "[prep] front of his [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He kept on looking at it , until the words on the large red seal danced in front of his tired eyes , and he could no longer read them .
2 There was no way he could risk incurring the wrath of a superior but he did n't want to lose manhood in front of his uniformed thugs .
3 Jamila told me that one day Anwar came into the shop and discovered Changez snoring as he sat on his stool , while in front of his closed eyes an SL was shoving a jar of herrings down his trousers .
4 Eventually , he turns on Casby , and humiliates him in front of his rejoicing tenants .
5 Most striking of all was the sheer inevitability of it : the game was being played in front of his beloved Antiguans , quick runs were needed , King Viv decided he was going to get them , and that was that .
6 Hector , lying rigid not to waken his grandfather , heard as he stared into the great burning swirls of furnace-fire and blood that roared in front of his darkened eyes .
7 In front of his sleepy eyes was a man dressed in white .
8 PAUL HODKINSON , who recently feared that he would never box again , returns to action in front of his home-town supporters at Kirkby Sports Centre tonight to defend his European featherweight title against Farid Benredjeb of France .
9 Scenes flickered in front of his closing eyes .
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