Example sentences of "[noun] 's eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankie 's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he clapped eyes on the room and its contents , especially what was laid out on the table . |
| 2 | Braintree 's other target , at least in the fan 's eyes , will be to finish higher than rivals Sudbury , who must come over the border on Easter Monday . |
| 3 | Billy Butlin 's eye for the hedonistic package outstripped all competitors . |
| 4 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman did not try to pull the wool over the association 's eyes , as he usually does . |
| 5 | She pauses , she is thinking of this scene ; Xanthe 's eyes widen . |
| 6 | Xanthe 's eyes went wide again , in that way that did n't betoken innocence , but her ability to weigh a piece of intelligence against another heard before . |
| 7 | In the course of time , the Coleman prize became awarded as a result of examinations posing pathological and practical subjects relating to the foot of the horse , the principles and practice of shoeing , the diseases of the horse 's eye , and the disease known as glanders . |
| 8 | The mermaid 's eyes were lifted , long and despairingly . |
| 9 | The other aspect of the 1991 World Cup that certainly caught the TV watcher 's eye was the inconsistency among the referees . |
| 10 | When they have made love — it is unbearably intense for him — clouds scud across Candice 's eyes . |
| 11 | The sweat that had begun in anticipation of what she might encounter in the street now ran in fear of her mother 's rage ; Nunzia 's eyes had gone hard and wrinkled like black olive pips when Rosa had produced the plover , and she had clucked impatiently with her tongue when Rosa lied and said her grandfather had shot it and presented it to her . |
| 12 | With his Yorkshireman 's eye for economy he was soon suggesting that the more impecunious aeronauts might seriously consider the process . |
| 13 | Master Robin was sometimes queer , withdrawn by himself , alone in a corner , his hare 's eyes starting from his head . |
| 14 | The lids of his hare 's eyes were red . |
| 15 | Even if she 'd dabbed Mummy 's eyes and wiped her brow with a hanky soaked in cologne . |
| 16 | Soon the screen was obliterated by the fuzz of burning light behind Ari 's eyes . |
| 17 | As she walked into the room she saw Neil 's eyes hard on her , registering her beautiful gown , her carefully dressed hair , and even though the gown was plain she looked like a queen of society in it , she knew , and she wished that she were wearing McAllister 's shabby bottle-green shirtwaister again . |
| 18 | Mr Mitterrand 's eye is on them and their potential vote-winning capacity in next year 's general election . |
| 19 | In the first of these Leapor warns beaux to beware of Cloe 's eyes which wound , and she goes on to describe her friend 's musical skill : |
| 20 | Self-interest gleamed in Dersingham 's eye , rendering him almost articulate . |
| 21 | Becky 's eyes fell on the picture of the Virgin Mary and Child the moment Charlie placed the little painting on the bed . |
| 22 | At the same time , however , these so-called urban social movements represented in Castells 's eyes a threat to the state and its spending . |
| 23 | The reader is thus relying on Friedlander 's eye . |
| 24 | Florrie caught Nellie 's eye and pulled a face . |
| 25 | Eleanor 's eyes had gone completely empty , as if Julius 's blunt words had knocked every little bit of life out of her . |
| 26 | Eleanor 's eyes still betrayed anxiety but she had regained her self-control . |
| 27 | Eleanor 's eyes sparkled . |
| 28 | Todger 's eyes were very bright . |
| 29 | Woil 's eyes were fixed on that door with the intensity of an eagle stooping on prey . |
| 30 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |