Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [pos pn] eyes when " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 2 | Dear old Joe simply could not believe his eyes when he and I entered Miss Havisham 's room the next day . |
| 3 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 4 | MARGARET WINDSOR , a mathematical modeller in Harwell 's Combustion Centre could n't believe her eyes when she arrived for work . |
| 5 | Kenneth Stanley from Telford could n't believe his eyes when he saw a gaping hole where his pond used to be . |
| 6 | He ate his meals with them , and could n't believe his eyes when he saw them saying grace . |
| 7 | I could n't believe my eyes when the consultant in charge of my pregnancy came round the antenatal ward in my local hospital , puffing away on a cigar . |
| 8 | ‘ I just could n't believe my eyes when I opened the box and a small white West Highland Terrier looking up at me . |