Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [pos pn] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily felt a moment of pure terror , the spectre of the workhouse on Mount Pleasant Hill rose before her eyes , the poor house where the homeless lived a life of sheer drudgery and hardship . |
| 2 | Rebecca dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief . |
| 3 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 4 | Mrs Cole lay with her eyes closed , unnaturally still . |
| 5 | Flicking an unconsciously amazed glance at her , Theda met in her eyes a warning . |
| 6 | Dressed , or rather undressed , in a satin nightdress , Adele Duncan lay with her eyes closed , one hand thrown dramatically across her face , her long dark hair tumbling over the pillows . |
| 7 | On the following morning , Elinor lay with her eyes closed , apparently sleeping . |
| 8 | Josie looked into her eyes , and saw that this was something very close to the truth . |
| 9 | She remembered Alain Gebrec 's warning that parts of it were unstable ; a vision of the shattered body of Wolfgang Klein swam before her eyes , her stomach contracted and her legs turned to cotton wool . |
| 10 | Nicola exhaled with her eyes closed . |
| 11 | The light of Dorn shone in his eyes . |
| 12 | Ben looked into her eyes and she lowered them and turned her head away . |
| 13 | The sick , chiselled visage of Frankenstein returned before my eyes . |
| 14 | Dalgliesh saw in his eyes a mixture of entreaty , resolution , and pain . |
| 15 | Joshua looked into his eyes , as if weighing up the strength of his anger and calculating the possible effect of even further defiance . |
| 16 | The Tour de France flashed before our eyes in a kaleidoscope of green jerseys , yellow jerseys , black bottoms and a pink-spotted ‘ King of the Mountains ’ ; close-ups of whirring wheels and legs working like the pistons of diesel engines , induction , compression , power and exhaust . |
| 17 | Masklin lay with his eyes half-closed , listening . |
| 18 | Samantha asked with her eyes closed . |
| 19 | Carolyn sat with her eyes closed listening to the water running and the traffic outside . |
| 20 | Irene Avery lay with her eyes closed , and for a moment Juliet hoped she would stay asleep so they did n't have to talk . |
| 21 | She stared away from them and up beyond the cage towards the grey sky , and Creggan saw in her eyes a longing and a hope that he sensed had been with her all her long life , and was with her even now when he saw she was so near death . |
| 22 | Leonora lay with her eyes closed , so absorbed that Penry was obliged to turn off the radio to gain her attention . |
| 23 | There was a slight noise upstairs , then Tess appeared before his eyes . |