Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [noun] 's eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like at least to have a picture in my mind 's eye of where everything is . ’ |
| 2 | This image stays in my mind 's eye as the unequivocal focus of attention . |
| 3 | It seemed a very personal and special wave — the kind that I had seen in my mind 's eye in a night of tangled dreaming . |
| 4 | Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 5 | The dancing was to good old rock and roll music , and even those who were just a twinkle in their father 's eye in the 6Os joined in with the jiving fun . |
| 6 | Melissa gave a mischievous grimace as she suddenly remembered the disapproving gleam in her friend 's eye on learning where she was spending the evening and , possibly , the night . |
| 7 | The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut . |
| 8 | Even as he spoke , this avenue closed up in his mind 's eye like a pupil contracting to a black point . |
| 9 | and you , you just , you ca n't mentally cross them off , keep a picture in your mind 's eye of what you 've crossed off . |