Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] eyes [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did that by averting my eyes and crossing the road quickly , almost tripping over a chestnut-seller at the entrance to St Christopher 's Place . |
| 2 | Away from her mother and father and sister and grandmother was bad enough , but the worst thing for Belle was opening her eyes and seeing only the walls around her . |
| 3 | Claudia woke up slowly , opening her eyes and closing them immediately against the light that poured in through long narrow windows . |
| 4 | She looked at herself , practised an attitude , widening her eyes and sucking in her cheeks , then another , chin up , head to one side , Madonna-like in pious ecstasy , then shaking her head to dismiss the bridal vision she had attempted , plucked the lace mat from her hair and added it to the pile with the others she had finished . |
| 5 | It had something to do with opening his eyes and looking into her eyes . |
| 6 | They lack confidence , simple as that and one of the things is that as a group you come in and you probably look at people when you and you look at the trainers and the idea is that early on people can do , can keep some eye contact gon na stare you out but just keeping your eyes and do n't flit away and also when you 're under pressure at this stage his eyes challenge you or something like that , then your eyes go down . |
| 7 | Luke taunted lightly , observing the quick rise and fall of her breasts for a moment before meeting her eyes and continuing quietly , ‘ Yes , all right , I can accept that . |
| 8 | Only then did she raise her head , meeting his eyes and holding them . |
| 9 | And then Caspar , who had been narrowing his eyes and taking stock of everything and everyone , suddenly gripped Fenella 's arm and said , in a voice from which most of the breath had been driven , ‘ Fenella — over there . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The kind Napoleon liked , ’ said Catriona , wiping her eyes and pulling a face . |
| 11 | ‘ You are kind , madam , kind , ’ said the grieving uncle , wiping his eyes and blowing his nose into a huge silk handkerchief . |
| 12 | But I kept closing my eyes and nodding off . |
| 13 | I hissed , closing my eyes and leaning against the lintel of the stable . |
| 14 | ‘ Help me , Ashley , ’ I said , closing my eyes and putting my head on her shoulder . |
| 15 | She waited , shutting her eyes and shivering as the light waned . |
| 16 | ‘ Aaaaaaaaoooooooooow … ’ shutting her eyes and stretching her arms out sideways and stiff till her shoulder blades hurt . |
| 17 | Some respond to an attack by drawing their legs tightly against their bodies , closing their eyes and staying completely still . |
| 18 | ‘ Going into relaxation now , ’ murmured Iris , closing her eyes and spreading her arms and legs like a starfish . |
| 19 | She looked away , closing her eyes and lifting her face to the breeze . |
| 20 | So instead of closing her eyes and praying , Artemis opened them wide and kicked on . |
| 21 | Only when Marianne swept from the room did she allow herself to collapse into a chair , closing her eyes and rubbing her fingers over her forehead . |
| 22 | Then suddenly closing his eyes and clenching his fist and bringing it down on the counter , he said , ‘ Whatever you want to do , for God 's sake ! |
| 23 | It was like the feeling he used to get when he played another game from his childhood ; that of closing his eyes and walking for a certain number of steps along , say , a wide path in a park . |
| 24 | His last thought before closing his eyes and succumbing to overwhelming tiredness was , ‘ I hope Elizabeth 's got that stewpot on . ’ |
| 25 | He brought the book back then squatted there again , closing his eyes and opening the pages at random , reading the first thing his eyes opened upon . |
| 26 | Matthew Wilder rose to his feet as they approached the corner table , and instead of shutting his eyes or turning away he scrutinised Lucy with interest . |
| 27 | We swallowed hard , stiffened our upper lip , and decided to ‘ see it through ’ by shutting our eyes and applying the same old formula regardless — a constitution , a mace , a copy of Erskine May , a Speaker 's chair and national independence . |
| 28 | ‘ Well … yes … they 're the basis for our inspiration — everyday , closing our eyes and imagining all the people alive at the moment , wherever they are . |
| 29 | Gradually in this way an association will develop between the word ‘ calm ’ and the feelings of deep muscle relaxation in your body , so that eventually just closing your eyes and thinking the word ‘ calm ’ can induce these feelings . |
| 30 | Look at them closely before closing your eyes and trying to see them in your mind . |