Example sentences of "blue eyes were [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His blue eyes were fastened on the publisher 's face , his square hands placed on his knees . |
| 2 | His hair fell over his forehead in a damp straight lock and his blue eyes were screwed up as if in concern or alarm . |
| 3 | Her cheeks were flushed with excitement , her blue eyes were sparkling — and her dream-like expression was suggestive of a bride going to meet her bridegroom … |
| 4 | His blue eyes were flashing . |
| 5 | He 'd got thinner and the blue eyes were getting watery , but nothing would persuade him to rest . |
| 6 | His blue eyes were gazing far away and his wife knew that he was thinking of that distant evening when he and Mrs Curdle had first met , on just such an April evening , many years ago . |
| 7 | He had blue eyes , she knew , because Sue had told her , and the blue eyes were looking straight at her and they were smiling . |
| 8 | His pale blue eyes were fixed on Sendei 's own . |
| 9 | The blue eyes were lit with a fierce conviction as they met hers . |
| 10 | Alison 's wide trusting blue eyes were filling with tears . |
| 11 | The blue eyes were narrowed . |
| 12 | Unthinkingly she let her eyes stray to his face , only to flinch abruptly as she realised his deep blue eyes were focused on her , their expression strangely sardonic . |
| 13 | The big blue eyes were brimming over again and he sat beside her and put one arm around her . |
| 14 | The blue eyes were surrounded now by small laughter-lines , but that added to his attraction , and the dark eyebrows were as mobile as she remembered . |
| 15 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |