Example sentences of "of the corner of his eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye , wondering if he dare ask for water to help wash the cake down . |
| 2 | Devon Loch had appeared to take off right by the water jump , which the runners on the second circuit of the Grand National by-pass as they approach the winning post : had he caught that fence out of the corner of his eye and tried to jump it ? |
| 3 | He sat on the edge of the bed with his usual cynical observations , but he kept looking out of the corner of his eye . |
| 4 | Out of the corner of his eye , he saw the girl coming towards him . |
| 5 | Once he was doing this during a speech by Jimmy Logan who caught sight of the scribbling out of the corner of his eye . |
| 6 | Our of the corner of his eye the Major could see Harrison smirking , and he felt his temper rising . |
| 7 | Out of the corner of his eye he could see Mr Chan trying to comfort Steve while Ho stood by his side , staring at the Monument in terrified fascination . |
| 8 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw a face appear in the corridor . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw some wirelesses in a shop window . |
| 10 | Out of the corner of his eye , Hank could see her stricken face . |
| 11 | Out of the corner of his eye , Markby saw Pearce , taking notes in the background , shift in his chair . |
| 12 | Out of the corner of his eye the Captain took in the man 's elegant , obviously expensive clothes , noted the perfume not quite smothered by cigar smoke , and remembered the remark about whether it was worthwhile going to bed . |
| 13 | He absently slid his programme nearer to her so that it touched him now , glancing at her out of the corner of his eye . |
| 14 | The mosaic occupied much of his consciousness so that he was only dimly aware — out of the corner of his eye , and mind 's eye — of Meh'Lindi , a flexible ebon statue of herself , yet still with an ivory face . |
| 15 | Slipping on his gloves , he saw out of the corner of his eye the sun rising above a belt of dark blue . |
| 16 | At the door he saw out of the corner of his eye the black limousine was still there . |
| 17 | Out of the corner of his eye , he saw a movement . |
| 18 | He was about to speak when he noticed a movement out of the corner of his eye . |
| 19 | The man clutched his stomach in agony then noticed the fallen Browning out of the corner of his eye . |
| 20 | ’ When still she made no move , he chuckled and made as if to put the document away again , pausing when he saw out of the corner of his eye that she was returning to the desk , albeit hesitantly . |
| 21 | He appeared to be airborne , but he was watching Stephen out of the corner of his eye . |
| 22 | They were all Altun family retainers of long standing — men whose first and only concern would be to protect the interests of the Kha-Khan — and Burun watched them out of the corner of his eye in case it occurred to Nogai to send Sipotai warning . |
| 23 | Suddenly alerted by something seen out of the corner of his eye , one of the young Marines felt an icy death-grip on his spine . |
| 24 | Joseph noticed out of the corner of his eye that Khai Dinh had risen from his seat and was walking slowly in his ponderous Ming boots towards the door . |
| 25 | Out of the corner of his eye he could see the white youth had draped one leg over a plastic seat arm and was reclining , his gaze never leaving Magee . |
| 26 | Because when , after seven or eight long seconds of genuine respect , he saw Howard looking at him out of the corner of his eye , he hastily hid the bottle of sherry behind his back and bowed his head . |
| 27 | He began vaguely opening drawers and cupboards , trying to see out of the corner of his eye whether there were any more of Tessa 's belongings lying about the floor . |
| 28 | He also prowled about the room from time to time , passing as if accidentally behind Morris 's chair and looking over Morris 's shoulder out of the corner of his eye . |
| 29 | He squinted out of the corner of his eye to look at Irina . |
| 30 | He glanced at Siban out of the corner of his eye , but said nothing . |