Example sentences of "eye [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood in the middle of the room , surveying Jehan , and the guard who was beside the door eyed him nervously . |
| 2 | Her father had eyed her over his gold-rimmed half-glasses . |
| 3 | She had n't even had the nerve to glare at Mitch when he had eyed her so appreciatively . |
| 4 | IWAS looking at them uncomprehendingly ; they were eyeing me like a cat watches a captured mouse that might yet try to make a dash for freedom . |
| 5 | They wished me a happy Christmas then stood waiting , eyeing me curiously , till I understood . |
| 6 | The decks are a little more lively , with the genuinely and partially recovered sitting about in little groups , eyeing me accusingly whenever I pass . |
| 7 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 8 | Eyeing me suspiciously she said , ‘ Are n't we all ! ’ |
| 9 | Sure enough , she was still there , sitting on her haunches eyeing me thoughtfully . |
| 10 | She was sitting on her heels with a pin in her mouth , eyeing me with pity as I stood yet again in my mother 's wedding dress . |
| 11 | He put the axe down and wiped his hands on his trousers , eyeing me . |
| 12 | ‘ Well ? ’ said Knocker , eyeing them both again . |
| 13 | This lad bounded up the steps ahead of them , his chin on his shoulder , eyeing them brightly . |
| 14 | ‘ What are you talking about ? ’ asked Betty trotting up rather quickly and eyeing them suspiciously . |
| 15 | Pumlumon said in a voice of utmost astonishment , ‘ But has your honour never heard of the Draoicht Suan ? ’ and was instantly hushed by Bith of the Bog-Hat , who had by now sensed that something was wrong , being a gnome of more percipience than his fellows and who liked , no more than Fenella , the manner in which Goibniu was eyeing them all . |
| 16 | A scattered crowd of locals was eyeing them in silence . |
| 17 | All around them benches were quickly filling with ladies in silk gowns , giggling and chattering , who clutched velvet cushions to their bosoms as they simpered past the young men eyeing them . |
| 18 | Eyeing her and Nigel and speaking to the air . |
| 19 | Eyeing her , Wexford thought that to say a lady with an infant would be better . |
| 20 | I looked round to find Karen standing in the centre of a group of businessmen who were eyeing her up and down in a blatantly sexual way . |
| 21 | He looked up at the mention of a nigger and was now eyeing her , as if raking through his memory . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll do , ’ he said , eyeing her . |
| 23 | The black cat was eyeing her from upstairs . |
| 24 | Now , as she prepared to close the window , the robin returned , standing only inches from her hand and eyeing her with great deliberation , his tiny head cocked to one side and his bright eyes glinting in the sunshine . |
| 25 | Whereupon she said , ‘ Eeeee — ’ — in a high-pitched , slaughtered-pig-like way , thought Lydia , eyeing her dispassionately . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's because you left half your lunch , ’ he pointed out drily , eyeing her through the warm haze of candlelight . |
| 27 | ‘ What is it ? ’ the old man said , eyeing her almost suspiciously . |
| 28 | ‘ An error , ’ he said slowly , eyeing her trembling hands as they twisted on her lap . |
| 29 | He paused , eyeing her with distaste . |
| 30 | He jerked her again , as if she were a rag doll , eyeing her with disgust . |