Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes fixed on the " in BNC.
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1 | In the shadow of the bus , a vulture wheeling overhead , I kept my eyes fixed on the bush behind us . |
2 | The storm had passed and done its worst ; now the women gathered , dressed alike in full dark skirts and tucked-in blouses , shawls pulled over their heads — re-enacting a painting by Krøyer , their eyes fixed on the sea . |
3 | Modern scholars , conscious of the large issues involved in this struggle , have generally found this intrusion of the local and material interests of the church of Canterbury at a critical moment incomprehensible , and having their eyes fixed on the historically more important matters of investiture and homage , they have supposed that Anselm 's eyes must also have been similarly directed . |
4 | The Doctor had expected this to provoke some reaction but the Chelonians remained resolutely silent , their eyes fixed on the big screen that showed a trundling view of their journey through the wastes . |
5 | They would just stand there , motionless , their eyes fixed on the horizon , scarcely speaking to each other . |
6 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
7 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
8 | With her thoughts far away and her eyes fixed on the distant horizon , she did not notice where she was going — and as the tall , broad-shouldered man who was coming from the opposite direction was too deeply absorbed in his own reflections to be aware of his surroundings , there was a sudden abrupt collision . |
9 | Now , thirty years later , lying rigid , her eyes fixed on the sky , she remembered that single word , his eyes looking into hers , his hands on her shoulders , the bark of the tree scraping her back through her Aertex shirt . |
10 | She still kept her eyes fixed on the swirling liquid ; when she did speak it was part-defiance and part-apology . |
11 | Every time Vernon looked back she was striding with her chin tilted theatrically , her eyes fixed on the smoky heavens . |
12 | She wished Mother a Happy Christmas , her eyes fixed on the child across the road and that silhouette of Mr Punch who now appeared with raised and menacing fist . |
13 | Then she knuckled off to the back of the cage and Fifi followed , her eyes fixed on the banana although she was n't trying to snatch . |
14 | Fenella , her heart thudding frantically , kept her eyes fixed on the door and a fearful hope began to unfurl . |
15 | Madra was shivering again , her eyes fixed on the Circle beyond the burning longhouses . |
16 | Feeling nervous , she clasped her trembling hands together and perched on the edge of the couch , her eyes fixed on the doorway . |
17 | Eddie took a couple of steps forward , her eyes fixed on the dead flowers . |
18 | A few steps from the foot of the crimson-carpeted staircase Shiona paused , her eyes fixed on the front door . |
19 | She kept her eyes fixed on the magazine . |
20 | With her eyes fixed on the road ahead , she frowned . |
21 | With her eyes fixed on the dog Sophie said suddenly , ‘ She 's coming round . ’ |
22 | Vincent walked out into the middle of the road and stood there , his eyes fixed on the distant comer around which the hearse had disappeared . |
23 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
24 | Behind him , Briant sat calmly , legs outstretched , his hands thrust into the pockets of his near-white coat , his eyes fixed on the toes of his highly polished shoes as he rocked his crossed ankles in a slow rhythm . |
25 | The rats fled and Corbett fell back on the ledge , chest heaving , sobbing with anger and fear , his eyes fixed on the grating , praying for dawn . |
26 | He passed beside them all , seeing no one , his eyes fixed on the sea and the skiff , and the two great ships and the galleys beyond , all of them flying the Lusignan flag . |
27 | The redoubtable driver just keeps his eyes fixed on the road . |
28 | Leslie nodded , his eyes fixed on the floor . |
29 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
30 | He kept his eyes fixed on the crest of the hill over which she would appear freewheeling down on her bicycle , black hair streaming and her long skirt ballooning out on either side like a bat 's wings . |