Example sentences of "of the corner of [pos pn] eye " in BNC.
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| 31 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 32 | She knew me to be a rogue as soon as she clapped eyes on me and , whilst her father ushered me to a seat , she watched girlishly out of the corner of her eye . |
| 33 | Everywhere she went in the flat , she seemed to catch sight of it out of the corner of her eye . |
| 34 | She saw Sarah nod agreement out of the corner of her eye . |
| 35 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw angry movement . |
| 36 | Out of the corner of her eye she looked , though , to see if her father was angry at the idea of a mere woman knowing the Words . |
| 37 | Out of the corner of her eye , she could see Jamie in conversation with two people she did n't recognize . |
| 38 | Watching Jamie out of the corner of her eye while she poured whisky for both of them , she reflected that it was all going very well . |
| 39 | I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze . |
| 40 | Out of the corner of her eye Sarella noticed Peter glance nervously at his watch . |
| 41 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw that David had dived below the surface . |
| 42 | As they moved round , the pace quickening , out of the corner of her eye Rachel saw a little group clustered round the dodgems and Jimmy and Danny climbing into one of the cars , while on the grass below the carousel Sybil stood with the others watching and waving as they whirled past . |
| 43 | Out of the corner of her eye , she caught the fact that they were being stared at with unveiled interest by most members of the group , the most curious of all , of course , being Mandy . |
| 44 | ‘ Take over , ’ she ordered , watching him out of the corner of her eye . |
| 45 | She saw Nicolo watching them out of the corner of her eye . |
| 46 | Out of the corner of her eye she could see the rise and fall of his chest , and closed her eyes against a pull on her senses that set her heart tripping . |
| 47 | Out of the corner of her eye she watched Travis unroll the sleeping-bag and sit down to remove his boots . |
| 48 | Out of the corner of her eye she was watching Gabriel . |
| 49 | As she stared , she saw out of the corner of her eye a perfectly constructed foil dream . |
| 50 | People see advertisements out of the corner of their eye as they drive along a road or look through a newspaper or magazine ; they catch a glimpse of half a TV commercial round their wives ' or husbands ' broad backsides as the biscuits are brought in during a commercial break . |
| 51 | Out of the corner of my eye I watched him wipe himself with Kleenex tissues and drop them on the floor , indifferent to the smears of blood on them . |
| 52 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 53 | You will have heard the phrase ‘ I could see it out of the corner of my eye ’ . |
| 54 | Watching the pinches of flake sink out of sight into the roots I only see the rod-tip curve over out of the corner of my eye . |
| 55 | I could see him out of the corner of my eye and I thought , I 'm going to stick with him . |
| 56 | Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies . |
| 57 | I saw her before she saw me , and watched her out of the corner of my eye . |
| 58 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 59 | Out of the corner of my eye , I could see Derek thinking , what 's he going to say ? |
| 60 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |