Example sentences of "as far as the eye [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | … imagine a fairy chain stretched from mountain peak to mountain peak , as far as the eye could reach , and paid out until it touched the ‘ high places ’ of the earth at a number of ridges , banks , and knowls . |
| 32 | As far as the eye could see the earth was brown : there were white pockets of unmelted snow , and sombre green pine thickets on the ridges , but no leaves on the deciduous trees and no bright green shoots in the withered remains of last year 's grass . |
| 33 | The moors stretched before her as far as the eye could see , in fold after fold of snow-covered dunes . |
| 34 | The whole of the vale of Pickering lay spread out before the two riders , stretching as far as the eye could see . |
| 35 | He began to retrace his tracks , drawing as he went , back over that country around Zweeloo that was entirely covered , as far as the eye could see , ‘ with young corn , the very , very tenderest green I know . ’ |
| 36 | They debouched from this second strait into a broad body of water which stretched as far as the eye could see toward the setting sun … |
| 37 | The show was all around , as far as the eye could see , any direction . |
| 38 | No other vehicle was in sight as far as the eye could see . |
| 39 | In front of him , as far as the eye could see , was the serenity of Lake Champlain , and all about him were the lush verdant forests of southern Vermont . |
| 40 | Cross-references to this appendix are given by italic numbers , ( eg 16 ) From Joseph Conrad , The Secret Sharer On my right hand there were lines of fishing-stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo fences , incomprehensible in its division of the domain of tropical fishes , and crazy of aspect as if abandoned forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the other end of the ocean ; for there was no sign of human habitation as far as the eye could reach ( 1 ) . |
| 41 | The " eye " , as if with a will of its own , becomes the subject-agent in " as far as the eye could reach " ( 1 ) , " My eye followed the light cloud " ( 6 ) , " the only thing on which the eye could rest ( 4 ) . |
| 42 | In the fierce noon-day sun the water stretched as far as the eye could see , in every shade of blue from palest turquoise to the deepest indigo of the horizon . |
| 43 | Cars , cars , cars , as far as the eye could see . |
| 44 | The tumbled surface of the sea looked blue-green , with white horses as far as the eye could see . |
| 45 | Beyond the placid waters of a small lake , a golden forest of trees stretched as far as the eye could see . |
| 46 | The grassy countryside was flat on either side , stretching away as far as the eye could see . |
| 47 | Knots of horsemen , as far as the eye could see , were moving along the banks of the Tay , firing the jetties that were not already broken , and two ferry boats crowded with men were in midstream on the Tay , hazed with smoke as they struck tinder into their torches . |
| 48 | As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles . |
| 49 | Down below , as far as the eye could see , the hills and valleys were covered in trees . |
| 50 | On hearing this , the king gave orders for the fields around his castle to be planted with almond trees for as far as the eye could see . |
| 51 | As his eyes slowly became accustomed to the half-light , he began to make out row upon row of brown tents stretching as far as the eye could see . |
| 52 | As far as the eye could see was desert and the only break in the horizon was the pitiful silhouette of a few mud shelters . |