Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] he [prep] [adj] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There must be many ways of making this place snugger , ’ argued Charles , looking about him with fresh eyes . |
| 2 | Me ? ’ she said , looking at him with wide eyes . |
| 3 | ‘ Hello , ’ said the boy , looking at him with hollow eyes . |
| 4 | We sat before him looking at him with respectful eyes ( that is , all but one of us , who usually went to sleep as soon as the class started ; she was not just closing her eyes , she was fast asleep ) . |
| 5 | He tried asking her about herself , but she had a knack of averting his questions with an apparently bashful stammer , looking at him with kohl-lined eyes that rolled around like the globules in a bricklayer 's balance . |
| 6 | Tess followed him and stood there staring at him with dry eyes . |
| 7 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 8 | Defensively she pushed his hand away , staring at him with dark-pupilled eyes , the clear grey irises ringed with silver . |
| 9 | Then she was silent , staring at him with horrified eyes . |
| 10 | Fran broke off , staring at him with frightened eyes . |
| 11 | She pressed her lips together , glancing at him with bleak eyes , hardly seeing Luke at all through the blur of tears . |