Example sentences of "eyes [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He scanned her tense expression , his eyes crinkled up against the sun . |
2 | It turns out that our animal was able to see in almost every direction — upwards , downwards , sideways and forwards , and even backwards , because the eyes bulged out beyond the line of the rest of the body . |
3 | The eyes gazed out from the screen . |
4 | Human eyes peered out through the empty sockets of beasts . |
5 | The reporter 's eyes flickered down to the floor . |
6 | His eyes flickered down to the gondola . |
7 | His eyes clouded over for a moment , and his voice became gruff . |
8 | Her eyes clouded over with the pain of the memories being allowed to surface after so many years of being ruthlessly suppressed . |
9 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
10 | A door opened and a light so bright and sudden it hurt their eyes spilled through from the back . |
11 | After turning the sausages and prodding the briquettes again he rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park , his eyes screwed up against the sun even though he was wearing a pair of prescription sunglasses . |
12 | From time to time , her eyes screwed up in a spasm of misery . |
13 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
14 | The dark eyes fired up in an instant . |
15 | Fierce Eyes went out into the storm and returned with the grandmother 's grizzled skull , the hair frozen into spikes which he broke off and cast on to the fire , where they sizzled , cooled , then flared . |
16 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
17 | As his eyes went back to the old lady , she saw the smile turn on again , and quick suspicion kindled in her breast . |
18 | Their limbs hung all awry but round the neck of each was a thick , purple line , while the purple-red faces were contorted , swollen tongues held fast between ice-cold lips , eyes rolled back in the sockets . |
19 | His brown , nearly auburn hair clung to his scalp as if with misery , sad eyes stared out of a freckled face , his hands were clenched tight . |
20 | Kebbel 's eyes drifted over to the window . |
21 | Ashley 's eyes drifted down from the screen and she frowned . |
22 | A row of yellow , baleful eyes looked down from the darkness among the rafters . |
23 | The picture in her mind changed , and the glaring , venomous eyes looked out of the wasted features … to be succeeded at once by the smug face of another old woman . |
24 | Silver-gilt hair flowed behind her , clear eyes looked out at the world and her fresh skin was tinted with delicate colour . |
25 | His eyes lit up with a mocking little smile . |
26 | Kafy 's eyes lit up for a moment , and then shut him out . |
27 | His eyes lit up for a moment at that . |
28 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
29 | But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her . |
30 | Then his eyes strayed back to the Luggage . |