Example sentences of "eye the [noun] " 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 | Eyeing the anaesthetic machine , she said , ‘ Are you sure I 'll be able to cope ? |
| 3 | Windsor thinks that several F1 stars are eyeing the US scene . |
| 4 | Dumping her bags in the bedroom , she sat down at the kitchen table and began to sift lethargically through the pile of accumulated mail , from time to time eyeing the phone in the hall . |
| 5 | Benedict hesitated , eyeing the man . |
| 6 | Carlie was still looking at him , eyeing the casts , his toes sticking out at the end . |
| 7 | ‘ Later , perhaps , ’ said Tom , thinking that Willie was eyeing the buns . |
| 8 | He moved at once , for he would not lie here on the floor before this ancient evil creature and , although it was awkward and painful to stand up because of the ropes that bound his arms , he did so in a swift fluid movement and stood eyeing the Robemaker . |
| 9 | Funny uniforms they wear these days , he thought , eyeing the girl 's navy-blue nylon overall and hat like a white forage cap . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | I snap , eyeing the lobsters , and observing a dozen fat oysters , discreetly arranged around them , which I had n't noticed before . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd think I would be over this by now , ’ Mait said darkly , eyeing the lake . |
| 13 | ‘ She wo n't need all that , ’ said Mike 's mother , eyeing the bottles . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't you know what time — ’ she began , but already , somehow , he had moved past her into the dimly lit office and was standing confidently at her drawing-board , casually eyeing the plan that she had been working on . |
| 17 | ‘ Very nice , ’ said Joe , eyeing the purchases , she 'd set out on the bed , ‘ but explain why it 's taken you all day . ’ |
| 18 | As a result it 's supposedly eyeing the server contingent more seriously and is likely to strengthen its association with the Hewlett-Packard and Digital Equipment Corps of the world . |
| 19 | ‘ Better weather , ’ Guillamon was saying , eyeing the sky . |
| 20 | ‘ A great nation , the French , ’ said Mrs Locombe-Stableford , eyeing the puddings . |
| 21 | When tempted by didacticism , the writer should imagine a spruce sea-captain eyeing the storm ahead , bustling from instrument to instrument in a catherine wheel of gold braid , expelling crisp orders down the speaking tube . |
| 22 | The uniformed figure stood in the doorway , eyeing the occupants of the cell impassively . |
| 23 | There were murmurs of assent , though Sara noticed the children eyeing the plum pudding impatiently . |
| 24 | ‘ Comrade , ’ said Khrushchev , eyeing the back of the Great Hall , ‘ that is exactly what we were doing all those years under Stalin . ’ |
| 25 | RICHARD HANNON is eyeing the gold in a bid to clinch his first ever trainer 's title . |
| 26 | Three glum soldiers sat in the back of the car , greedily eyeing the machine gun , while a very fat civilian in a dragon-decorated garment did the driving . |
| 27 | American media firms , from Mr Murdoch 's Fox to Turner Broadcast System , are eyeing the region hungrily . |
| 28 | The others were mostly quiet , eyeing the men on the stretchers in fear and fascination . |
| 29 | Now , in the reluctant dawn light , he stood eyeing the carriage and rubbing his grizzled chin . |
| 30 | A half glance at the congregation , then back to eyeing the piece of paper . |