Example sentences of "in [pos pn] eye [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She caught the mischief in my eyes and pressed against me . |
| 2 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 3 | Lourdes and Ana , I notice , have tears in their eyes and keep crossing themselves . |
| 4 | To begin with the little-uns looked on Piggy as their parental figure because he always acted like an adult in their eyes and tried to make them laugh . |
| 5 | When he let her go she stared up at him with anguish in her eyes and heard him swear roughly , viciously . |
| 6 | Lucenzo 's face became misty as the tears formed in her eyes and rolled silently down her cheeks . |
| 7 | But when she looked back at him he saw the hatred in her eyes and knew he had been right . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's enough , ’ she whispered , looking away from his intense stare in case he read the truth in her eyes and recoiled from it . |
| 9 | He glimpsed the tenderness in her eyes and looked away , embarrassed . |
| 10 | To her horror she felt the sting of tears in her eyes and looked away again , refusing to let him see her moment of weakness . |
| 11 | Tears welled up in her eyes and began slipping slowly down her cheeks . |
| 12 | He looked at her white face and the dark fear in her eyes and felt a brute . |
| 13 | Then he looked at her scarlet face , at the awful misery in her eyes and did n't want to laugh any more . |
| 14 | The tears welled up in her eyes and trickled into her ears and down her neck ; she heard her own sobs but made no effort to contain them . |
| 15 | A tear welled up in her eye and rolled down her cheek , leaving a streak of eye make-up behind it . |
| 16 | He sank it and turned to me with a real glint in his eye and said something like , ‘ Now let's go . ’ |
| 17 | A tear sprang up in his eye and meandered across his cheek . |
| 18 | Robyn saw the sexy curve of his mouth , the sparkle in his eyes and felt her body automatically respond . |
| 19 | Then she saw the look of steely determination in his eyes and knew he was more than capable of it . |
| 20 | I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill . |
| 21 | She looked at the look in his eyes and swung the belt like an axe . |
| 22 | He turned to Sullivan with a glow on his face and a slight mist in his eyes and said . |
| 23 | Now , he half turns and looks my way , love for the reindeer bones in his eyes and woofs merrily at me . |
| 24 | They jumped on him from behind , squirted superglue in his eyes and demanded cash . |
| 25 | Kate read the expression in his eyes and parted her full lips to speak . |
| 26 | She stiffened in his arms , saw the turmoil in his eyes and panicked as she sensed how little it would take to make her surrender . |
| 27 | ‘ There 's never been any kind of attraction between me and To — ’ She stopped , seeing the darkness in his eyes and understanding it . |
| 28 | He made no reply , but she saw the glint of amusement in his eyes and turned away , her lips tightening in annoyance . |
| 29 | Let me look in your eyes and see you might be getting a wee bit bloodless actually I mean that 's the other thing Cathy , you 're a bit pale in there . |