Example sentences of "the apple of [pos pn] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must know how much she hated being told this , reminded about how she was the apple of their eye , and the centre of simple boastful conversation . |
| 2 | Lucy 's son was the apple of her eye , work her raison d'être . |
| 3 | Gloria still wanted Baby , the apple of her eye . |
| 4 | He was the apple of her eye , the salt of her earth , the source of her strength — her everything . |
| 5 | Her only daughter , the apple of her eye , had been brawling in the street . |
| 6 | Kettering , not to put too fine a point on it , is the apple of her eye . ’ |
| 7 | All she had learned was that he was a man whose wife thought him the apple of her eye and who had tastes in Italian painting that were remarkably similar to her own . |
| 8 | No , she 's , he 's not the apple of her eye , at all . |
| 9 | But anyway , saying to Father that you , who are the apple of his eye , and in whom he considers he 's bred a lady , telling him that you hope to marry one of the Feltons , the quay Feltons . |
| 10 | ‘ He was the apple of his eye , ’ she said . |
| 11 | While Viscount Althorp , the late Earl Spencer , may have been proud of his new daughter — Diana was very much the apple of his eye — his remarks about her health could have been chosen more diplomatically . |
| 12 | I became a father late in life , and I know it 's a cliché , but she was the apple of my eye . |
| 13 | Some currently used are from the Bible and Prayer Book — phrases like : ‘ I have played the fool ’ , ‘ The apple of my eye ’ , ‘ Eat , drink and be merry , for tomorrow we die . ’ |
| 14 | I said to Fish do you have kids , he said yes they 're the apple of my eye . |
| 15 | I said to Old Fishy do you have kids and he said yes they 're the apple of my eye and we just hugged each other right there in front of everyone and ever since I 've been wondering what it means . |
| 16 | The apple of my eye . |
| 17 | ‘ But you ca n't always travel with the apple of your eye . ’ |
| 18 | The APPLE of your eye ? |
| 19 | You must be gentle with her , you must protect her all your lives , she 's your little sister , you must make her the apple of your eye . |