Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of my eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't look too closely at any of the bits and pieces lying around , squinting at them from the side of my eye , wanting and not wanting to see bloody meat or tattered clothing . |
| 2 | Getting better but it 's just this gritty thing in the back of my eye , I mean I |
| 3 | I a lot of pain at the back of my eye though |
| 4 | I became a father late in life , and I know it 's a cliché , but she was the apple of my eye . |
| 5 | Some currently used are from the Bible and Prayer Book — phrases like : ‘ I have played the fool ’ , ‘ The apple of my eye ’ , ‘ Eat , drink and be merry , for tomorrow we die . ’ |
| 6 | I said to Fish do you have kids , he said yes they 're the apple of my eye . |
| 7 | I said to Old Fishy do you have kids and he said yes they 're the apple of my eye and we just hugged each other right there in front of everyone and ever since I 've been wondering what it means . |
| 8 | The apple of my eye . |
| 9 | My lungs are touch , the kiss of my eye still finer . |
| 10 | Out of the corner of my eye I watched him wipe himself with Kleenex tissues and drop them on the floor , indifferent to the smears of blood on them . |
| 11 | Summat 's moving on the floor and I sort of watch it out the corner of my eye . |
| 12 | Looking hard at the castle , sketchbook in hand , I allowed the corner of my eye to rove the tinker camp . |
| 13 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 14 | From the corner of my eye I see Walter return and realise with a start that the person accompanying him enswathed in a black bournous is Marianne . |
| 15 | You will have heard the phrase ‘ I could see it out of the corner of my eye ’ . |
| 16 | Watching the pinches of flake sink out of sight into the roots I only see the rod-tip curve over out of the corner of my eye . |
| 17 | I heard the word ‘ Engländer ’ and saw from the corner of my eye that they were looking at me . |
| 18 | I could see him out of the corner of my eye and I thought , I 'm going to stick with him . |
| 19 | Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies . |
| 20 | I saw her before she saw me , and watched her out of the corner of my eye . |
| 21 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 22 | Out of the corner of my eye , I could see Derek thinking , what 's he going to say ? |
| 23 | Not far away I caught , from the corner of my eye , the flickering movement as a ringed plover scudded and ran among the sea-pinks . |
| 24 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |
| 25 | Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood . |
| 26 | I looked at him out of the corner of my eye . |
| 27 | I had barely time to recognise the shaven and scarred head emerging from the heap of Bibles and screwed-up paper , when a quick movement caught the corner of my eye . |
| 28 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw Natalie stand up , salute and begin to silently mouth the words of the Promise ! |
| 29 | As he looked me up and down I examined him in turn from the corner of my eye . |
| 30 | Rodriguez was still struggling and out of the corner of my eye I could see the patron watching us uneasily . |