Example sentences of "her eyes [verb] over the " in BNC.

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1 Her eyes ran over the company for a moment , and then she turned away to go inside again .
2 Walking slowly , she allowed her eyes to roam over the seated lunchers , hoping to catch sight of Suzie 's dark curls , but although once or twice her heart leapt to her mouth in anticipation of discovery she was finally forced to admit defeat .
3 Her eyes moved over the room too .
4 Her eyes flicked over the Louis XIV furniture of the formal salon .
5 Her eyes swept over the audience as far as she could see beyond the footlights .
6 Then , as her eyes swept over the crowd clustered round the stage , she did a double-take , spotting one figure much larger and more powerful than the rest .
7 She paused to give her words maximum effect and let her eyes flit over the assembly .
8 Rory sighed heavily as she let her eyes roam over the sparsely populated dance floor .
9 Her eyes roamed over the chattering women , all fawning over him , tossing their heads , slanting their eyes at him and laughing prettily .
10 Katherine gazed into the fire , the leaping flames , let her eyes play over the fine marble hearth , the painting by George Grosz above it , with its hectic planes , its lurid faces , a satirist 's black view of life in the metropolis .
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