Example sentences of "eyeing up " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are some thing she ca n't change , like the way he shoves his hand into his pocket , his preference for classical music to Dire Straits , and looking at buildings rather than eyeing up the latest cat-walk creations |
| 2 | She was eyeing up a potential couple . |
| 3 | Shopping in her local supermarket , Margot Clark saw two younger women eyeing up her boyfriend . |
| 4 | Simon says in a soap fans ' magazine : ‘ I 'd hate to be going out with some girl that all the boys were hassling or eyeing up . |
| 5 | I felt like I 'd been kicked by a camel but I still needed food , so I polished off the eclair , belched with all the decorum I could , and started eyeing up a Danish pastry . |
| 6 | ‘ I make costumes myself , ’ she told him eagerly , eyeing up and down a Harlequin who 'd appeared beside her . |
| 7 | Thousands of spirits , demons , affrits , djinni , ghouls , familiars , kings of the winds and gates , princes of the stars , ancestors , shetani , rakhashas , angels of comeuppance , the lot , all milling about , sniffing the trends , eyeing up each other , watching the new-product demonstrations , gathering free samples . |
| 8 | Rich investors eyeing up prospective business opportunities are being helped byu matchmaking agencies . |
| 9 | Dawn has been eyeing up her own customers as well as the shoppers who frequent rival stores to come up with an in-vogue verdict on local tastes . |
| 10 | The three friends sat down and enjoyed their favourite pastime — eyeing up the women in the theatre-bar . |
| 11 | Eyeing up the bums like you . |
| 12 | oh right , and you get all the blokes standing round the bar with a pint in their hand , eyeing up the woman , looking for which one they 're gon na move in on do n't ya ? |