Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [be] fixed [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My mind was fixed on the tribunal most of the day , then I spent four hours travelling up for what I thought would be a place on the bench . |
| 2 | My free wing hung from the pole for I could not easily close it without terrible pain ; my eyes were fixed on them . |
| 3 | On my first acquaintance with the mad little road , in about 1950 , I had no feelings of affection for it nor any eye for the beauty all around , my gaze being fixed on the tarmac ahead as I dragged weary legs along it . |
| 4 | My attention was fixed on Toby , still sitting by the window . |
| 5 | The scope of their action is fixed by universally applicable criteria . |
| 6 | He had a think , and blew his nose , noticing after a moment that her mind was fixed on his words in a way that made him feel quite light . |
| 7 | Holists and individualists may both be said to have an overarching interest in understanding the mechanisms which operate in the social world , but beneath this unifying umbrella their eyes are fixed on different features on the landscape , and their respective theories are to be judged in relation to the tasks they set themselves . |
| 8 | Their eyes were fixed on each other in cold fury , their hands placed on the table , palms down , and they seemed to be waiting — waiting for |
| 9 | Ella noticed , with some alarm , that their eyes were fixed upon the silver basket which Dimity was proffering . |
| 10 | I do n't need to see through the sheet to know that Anya 's flushed brick red , and that her eyes are fixed on somewhere quite far to the east of the Walthamstow marshes . |
| 11 | The last words were spoken almost under her breath but her eyes were fixed on Lessingham 's face . |
| 12 | She sat quite still and her eyes were fixed on me with a curious , dark look of sympathy mixed with something else . |
| 13 | All through the night her eyes were fixed on the lights of Casterbridge , the end of her journey . |
| 14 | ’ Her eyes were fixed on Melissa as if in quest of a miracle . |
| 15 | Her eyes were fixed upon his slumbering member hanging limply and harmlessly between his legs . |
| 16 | While her back legs trampled the pups in the box , her gaze was fixed on the door through which Lady had passed to the freedom of the yard . |
| 17 | But her feet were fixed with six-inch nails to the floor . |
| 18 | However , one inexpensive precaution is to apply self-adhesive warning stickers on the glass at eye level : for example , on a patio door which someone might inadvertently walk or run into while their attention is fixed on the garden beyond . |
| 19 | The earth is the resource base for human life ; its nature is fixed by physical processes — which can be altered both endogenously ( within the physical system ) and exogenously ( by human action ) — but identification of aspects of the environment as a resource is a human creation . |
| 20 | So either we shall have to disallow such a possibility and decree that nothing qualifies as a genuine proposition unless its truth-value is fixed for all time , i.e. that all propositions are what is sometimes called " eternal " propositions , or we shall have to accept that truth-value is not an integral part of the objective propositional content . |
| 21 | In 1731 its strength was fixed at over 132,000 men : by 1796 ( i.e. before Russia had begun to play an active part in the struggle against the French Revolution ) it numbered 458,000 . |
| 22 | While Moses looks forward to the ‘ good ’ to come , their minds are fixed on the ‘ evil ’ of the present . |
| 23 | Her face was fixed with a strange expression , eyes open , lips parted . |
| 24 | His eyes are fixed on hers as if he is trying to outstare her . |
| 25 | Seemingly standing rigid like a statue , his eyes are fixed on page one of the script while peripheral vision is trying to take in every detail of events going on around him in the studio . |
| 26 | His eyes are fixed on you and you know , you just know that he 's about to spring . |
| 27 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 28 | His eyes were fixed on someone or something at the room 's edge and Lucille , turning to see what had caught his astonished attention , saw the golden girl returning d'Alembord 's gaze with what seemed to be pure poison . |
| 29 | ’ His eyes were fixed on the hint of plumpness under the girl 's armpit . |
| 30 | His eyes were fixed on one of the pictures of the past Baskervilles on the wall . |