Example sentences of "eye the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you know they have a very distinctive characteristic do n't they , they have round faces and they 're short and they have slightly slanting eyes , etcetera etcetera , well these children have very marked physical erm appearance they 're fair haired and blue eyed the reason for that is that this substance venial alanine is responsible for the production of pigment , so if that 's interfered with they 're going to be fair haired and blue eyed , they get eczema a lot , they have small heads and they have very widely spaced teeth , sorry down a bit , is that what you want ? |
| 2 | ‘ A great nation , the French , ’ said Mrs Locombe-Stableford , eyeing the puddings . |
| 3 | Tatyana Scholl , the West German who was to win the Miss Bikini ( physique ) class , took time out from her press-ups to waddle around nervously like a weight-lifter eyeing the bar . |
| 4 | He was buried under subversive literature between the Gardening Society ( whose president sat framed by snaps of himself communing with plants ) and the Women 's Group , unhappily eyeing the occupant of the Rocky Horror Society stand , who , dressed in regulation suspenders and holed stockings , was doing roaring business . |
| 5 | Funny uniforms they wear these days , he thought , eyeing the girl 's navy-blue nylon overall and hat like a white forage cap . |
| 6 | On a wet day , eyeing the lanes of traffic before crossing to the hospital , I caught my toe in a paving-stone and fell fiat . |
| 7 | Carlie was still looking at him , eyeing the casts , his toes sticking out at the end . |
| 8 | Mrs Lennox queried , eyeing the loaves Maggie had laid beside the water containers . |
| 9 | Chopping wood , making bonfires , sawing logs , collecting acorns , eyeing the strawberries while patrolling up and down with his special secateurs , he appeared to one neighbour ‘ like a magic gardener in a fairy story ’ . |
| 10 | They were hot and prickly to wear , and impossible to keep clean , but they charmed the child so thoroughly that she was content to sit as still and silent as a doll eyeing the dazzling frills and listening to the faint crackle of the underskirts . |
| 11 | ‘ Comrade , ’ said Khrushchev , eyeing the back of the Great Hall , ‘ that is exactly what we were doing all those years under Stalin . ’ |
| 12 | The two island republics cast their lot with him after Japan began eyeing the Western Pacific as a potential dumping ground . |
| 13 | Export men are eyeing the 34 km stretch between Riyadh airport and the Saudi Arabian capital . |
| 14 | Windsor thinks that several F1 stars are eyeing the US scene . |
| 15 | Eaton is eyeing the future : ‘ We 've got plenty of struggles left , but I feel very good about the people and the cars ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Modern technology is so infinitesimally delicate , ’ Milligan explained , eyeing the electronic boxes with distrust . |
| 17 | Out in force a week or so prior to the start of the meeting , they hunted for stories like lions seeking water on a drought-ridden veldt , lingering outside the security fences and eyeing the carabinieri , who would let none through without the appropriate pass . |
| 18 | There were murmurs of assent , though Sara noticed the children eyeing the plum pudding impatiently . |
| 19 | He sat back again , eyeing the blank wall before him , confident that he 'd catch it , however good it was . |
| 20 | They sit in silence , hands in laps , eyeing the food suspiciously — a well-practised act . |
| 21 | Willie nodded shyly and went after Sammy who was eyeing the flowers in someone 's window box . |
| 22 | ‘ Later , perhaps , ’ said Tom , thinking that Willie was eyeing the buns . |
| 23 | Househunters are eyeing the estate agents ' windows with new , predatory enthusiasm … there is an unmistakeable scent of recovery in the air . ’ |
| 24 | Priestley received £3,000 and is now eyeing the £30,000 first prize at the Embassy World Championship . |
| 25 | Eyeing the magnates one by one , he nodded his head . |
| 26 | A half glance at the congregation , then back to eyeing the piece of paper . |
| 27 | EIGA reckons its plan will appeal to UK and European businesses ranging from hoteliers trying to set up in Moscow to oil giants eyeing the vast energy resources of Kazakhsthan . |
| 28 | RICHARD HANNON is eyeing the gold in a bid to clinch his first ever trainer 's title . |
| 29 | At Tabitha 's side Marco was clutching his duffel and eyeing the unfolded net in some apprehension . |
| 30 | ‘ Very nice , ’ said Joe , eyeing the purchases , she 'd set out on the bed , ‘ but explain why it 's taken you all day . ’ |