Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [noun] 's eye [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lost no opportunity to diminish Miss Hatherby in her daughter 's eyes and was always ready to ridicule her . |
| 2 | " Yes , I 'm sure you are , " Katherine said slowly , something about the expression in her son 's eyes or the way her daughter lifted her paper a little higher to hide her face , making her suspicious . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm — fond of Travis — very fond , ’ she stated , then caught the dangerous glint in her employer 's eye that assured her that her prevarication was n't going down too well . |
| 4 | Already she could visualise the lay-out — ‘ The Other Side of Fashion ’ she 'd entitled it in her mind 's eye when she 'd discussed it with Nick . |
| 5 | She wanted to fix this countryside , in all its detail , in her mind 's eye and never lose it . |
| 6 | A quarter of a century later , it is a moment she can still picture in her mind 's eye and she can still summon up the painful feelings of rejection , breach of trust and isolation that the break-up of her parents ’ marriage signified to her . |
| 7 | It was this nightmare image of panic and despair that she kept in her mind 's eye as Simon talked his way confidently through his own philosophy of life . |
| 8 | She paused , imagining the scene in her mind 's eye as she had done so many times before , trying to picture her mother as a young girl , still in the fresh-faced bloom of youth . |
| 9 | And , as soon as she had paid the driver and he had gone on his way she stood for some moments , looking at Ven 's house , photographing it in her mind 's eye because she knew — she would never come this way again . |
| 10 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 11 | Maybe she 'd seen the looks of fear in her children 's eyes as she talked to them , maybe she 'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame . |
| 12 | She had seen the pity in her mother 's eyes and a great rage against Janine had rushed through Maura . |
| 13 | Topaz saw the misery in her visitor 's eyes and remembered that once Timothy had mentioned Lady West and her daughter . |
| 14 | A speculative look was in her tormentor 's eyes but before he could start working on her she was rescued . |
| 15 | The Young King 's opportunity was getting nearer , but if he were to show his hand at last , he needed an excuse , a justification for the war which would make sense in his father 's eyes and just might lead him to condone the attack on Richard . |
| 16 | It was when he had pictured Morpurgo in his mind 's eye that it had occurred to him : such a trivial matter , yet nonetheless not right , not right at all — surely he must be mistaken . |
| 17 | He felt every motion of tongue and tooth in play upon him , his prick particularized by her appetite , becoming vast in his mind 's eye until it was his body 's size : a veiny torso and a blind head lying on the bed of his belly wet from end to end , straining and shuddering , while she , the darkness , swallowed him utterly . |
| 18 | As he spoke , the teacher saw Prince Richard in his mind 's eye and recalled the authority in the imperious carriage of the boy 's small head on his narrow but habitually braced shoulders . |