Example sentences of "[adj] eyes [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was conscious , as she marched angrily away , of his mocking eyes watching her as she made her escape . |
| 2 | On the way I passed the rabbit I thought had escaped , lying just before the sparkling clean water of the stream ; blackened and contorted , locked into a weird , twisted crouch , its dead dry eyes staring up at me as I passed by , accusatory . |
| 3 | Hands on hips , aqua-green eyes darkening with emotion , she glared at him in defiant disbelief , ‘ You had no right to worry my father like that ! |
| 4 | But I do n't like the way you 're pretending to be so fond of me , ’ she told him , her hazel eyes flashing and her arms akimbo , ‘ and I do n't like the way we 're deceiving your mother . ’ |
| 5 | Ashley demanded , her hazel eyes sparking as the idea gathered credibility . |
| 6 | But the works on paper are scattered with other goings-on — like contemporary creations of Hieronymus Bosch — we see mermaids cruelly trying to drown Wendy ; ghosts , demons and men with hollow eyes pursuing the children . |
| 7 | She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable . |
| 8 | The female still lay there , watery eyes staring at some remote distance from which she waited to be recalled . |
| 9 | got cod roe and fish cakes for supper and bought four salmon heads ( OH how I hate those glazed eyes looking at me when first one steams them to get the good flesh off ) for soup . |
| 10 | Are you with us , darling ? ’ she enquired of William , watching with interest as his mind returned , startled , from whatever journey it had been on , the glazed eyes focusing , with puzzlement at first , then dawning recognition . |
| 11 | High overhead , a buzzard circled lazily on a column of warm air and on the roadway a butterfly with big white-ringed , russet-coloured eyes staring from its black wingtips , opened and closed its wings . |
| 12 | He felt their resentful eyes burning the nape of his neck . |
| 13 | He gazed up at her , huge brown eyes unblinking , and made little , soft dove , like noises she believed designed to encourage her . |
| 14 | He drew back , burning brown eyes meeting slumbrous blue . |
| 15 | He looked into the mirror to see a pair of brown eyes looking at him levelly , appreciative of and amused by his scrutiny . |
| 16 | The children were the first to greet me , their brown eyes looking up , asking silently and then audibly for presents , knowing that my cases must hold something for each of them , if only a ribbon or a sweet . |
| 17 | She tried not to imagine his sympathetic brown eyes looking into hers , and his disarming smile when she spoke to him , perhaps their hands touching as she passed him the local anaesthetic — This is no use ! she admonished herself , rubbing energetically at a stainless steel trolley . |
| 18 | He quickly returned his attention to her , his quiet brown eyes growing anxious . |
| 19 | When she woke up that morning , with just a small hope in the corner of her heart , she found Patsy already awake , sitting upright in the old cot they still shared , his dark brown eyes shining with excitement from under his mop of brown hair . |
| 20 | ‘ Au revoir , ’ said Dr Kent , his brown eyes crinkling , and she smiled at him . |
| 21 | The Trunchbull flicked her head round and looked carefully at the small girl with dark hair and deep brown eyes sitting in the second row . |
| 22 | Dino leant forward , his brown eyes laughing . |
| 23 | She fawned over Horatia as if the latter were of the blood royal , her say brown eyes sliding away from his whenever he looked at her . |
| 24 | A group of musicians stood in the angle of one of the buttresses of the cathedral playing tambour and fife whilst the Dean and Chapter , garlands of roses on their heads , danced in solemn procession around the severed head of a buck which had been placed on a pole , its brown eyes staring glassily over those who now rejoiced at its death . |
| 25 | They brought their turbans , their pride and their brown eyes twinkling at the prospect of business . |
| 26 | Brown eyes twinkling , blue eyes sparkling , golden skin glistening : everyone was in a movie , their clothes were remarkable , their jewellery pirate treasure . |
| 27 | He was smiling at her , his brown eyes twinkling with amusement . |
| 28 | He held her away to arm 's length , his kindly brown eyes sweeping her face as though searching for clues . |
| 29 | When a builder tried to cheat her she overwhelmed him , thumping the table , her normally calm eyes glaring . |
| 30 | For a long moment all she could do was stare back at him , his dark fathomless eyes holding her in thrall . |