Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes fixed on " in BNC.
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| 31 | She watched him as he reached for his brandy glass and drained it , her eyes fixed on his dark profile , drinking him in . |
| 32 | Feeling nervous , she clasped her trembling hands together and perched on the edge of the couch , her eyes fixed on the doorway . |
| 33 | He chopped , and her eyes fixed on me , bead-black and ebony-shining . |
| 34 | Eddie took a couple of steps forward , her eyes fixed on the dead flowers . |
| 35 | A few steps from the foot of the crimson-carpeted staircase Shiona paused , her eyes fixed on the front door . |
| 36 | But she saw his lips move and her eyes fixed on them , for suddenly she had n't the courage to look into his eyes . |
| 37 | She kept her eyes fixed on Silvia and smiled a mock-stern smile . |
| 38 | Her eyes fixed on his lips , drawn to the wide mouth as if its imprint was but a breath away , then with an effort she dragged her glance from them , half turning to avoid the intensity of his regard . |
| 39 | She kept her eyes fixed on the magazine . |
| 40 | Paling , she sank into a green armchair , her eyes fixed on his hard-boned face . |
| 41 | With her eyes fixed on the road ahead , she frowned . |
| 42 | With her eyes fixed on the dog Sophie said suddenly , ‘ She 's coming round . ’ |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | ‘ 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 . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | The redoubtable driver just keeps his eyes fixed on the road . |
| 49 | Shamlou hissed , his eyes fixed on Christie 's blood-drained face . |
| 50 | Leeming nodded , his eyes fixed on Duncan . |
| 51 | Manvell kept his eyes fixed on Sharpe , half fearing that the Rifleman might still attack . |
| 52 | Leslie nodded , his eyes fixed on the floor . |
| 53 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 54 | He leaned forward and crooked his bony arms round the neat piles of money , protecting it , coveting it , his eyes fixed on his stepson 's face . |
| 55 | ‘ What must I understand ? ’ he asked , his eyes fixed on me . |
| 56 | He sat with his eyes fixed on great breakers rolling on a coral atoll somewhere in the immense Pacific . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | ‘ Before your father went to receive that money , he came to see me , ’ continued Mr Brownlow slowly , his eyes fixed on Monks ' face . |
| 59 | Mait kept his eyes fixed on him as he approached — a malnourished skeleton of a man . |
| 60 | Clinton asked , his eyes fixed on the tiny square . |