Example sentences of "her eyes [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dolly viewed her mutton chop , mashed potatoes and spring greens , then cast her eyes over the table , spread with a plain white cloth . |
| 2 | She lay back in the water , closing her eyes as the water lapped softly against her skin . |
| 3 | The hot sting of tears pricked painfully at her eyes as the agony of hating him and yet wanting him so desperately all at the same time overwhelmed her . |
| 4 | She half-hooded her eyes as the room shifted on its moorings . |
| 5 | She closed her eyes as the pain of knowing rose and twisted inside . |
| 6 | Matthew was kneeling on the floor looking into her eyes beside the couch and his arm was around her . |
| 7 | She dropped her eyes to the desk , staring unseeingly at the ledger lying on the polished wooden surface . |
| 8 | As she moved up , Noreen lifted her eyes to the choir stalls , as if in a signal , and the organ segued to a softer introduction to the Recessional Hymn . |
| 9 | She raised her eyes to the sky . |
| 10 | Sarah rolled her eyes to the ceiling . |
| 11 | Kate rolled her eyes to the ceiling . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew I was too generous to him , ’ said Mrs Sowerberry , raising her eyes to the ceiling . |
| 13 | Claudia raised her eyes to the ceiling . |
| 14 | The little man 's hand shot out again and Caroline quickly raised her eyes to the ceiling . |
| 15 | Caroline rolled her eyes to the ceiling . |
| 16 | She opened her eyes to the darkness , a darkness too often populated before sleep by those familiar , reproachful , childish faces , brown , black and white , bending over her , asking why she had deserted them when they loved her and thought that she had loved them . |
| 17 | She raises her eyes to the wonder of its beauty , sometimes tilting her head as if listening to the music echoing round her . |
| 18 | Claudia raised her eyes to the man whose own eyes were fixed with deadly intent on her , and silently asked Dana 's forgiveness for what she was about to do . |
| 19 | Glad that her limited knowledge of Danish included an apology , she blinked away her tears , raising her eyes to the stranger 's face and freezing as completely as Lot 's wife as she found herself looking into the ice-blue eyes of the man she loved . |
| 20 | She dropped her eyes to the mug , unable to face his withering scorn . |
| 21 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 22 | She took a deep breath and leaned out further , groping for the nearest bloom , closing her eyes to the drop beneath her . |
| 23 | There was light of a kind , but it was the thin unreal light of the moon , and Grainne , standing still , adjusting her eyes to the room , saw that there were windows high up , and that moonlight , tinged with green from the forest , poured in from outside . |
| 24 | She dropped her eyes to the tablecloth , suddenly confused and deeply ashamed of herself . |
| 25 | Shutting her eyes to the inevitability of what lay ahead , she gave herself up to the ride as he took her higher and higher into the peaks , following a winding route off the main road that was little used . |
| 26 | She could shut her eyes to the future and be content to share the present with him , as her body longed to do . |
| 27 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 28 | She glanced in the mirror and declared I had wrecked her eyes for the rest of the day . |
| 29 | This time the chasm yawned in front of her , and she knew that she might close her eyes for the moment , but she was already taking little steps towards the edge . |
| 30 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |