Example sentences of "[adv] to [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been passed from hand to hand along a chain of trusted men until it came into his own , its message comprehensible only to his eyes . |
| 2 | I pulled out the compass , held it horizontally close to my eyes , let the needle settle onto north , looked that way and mapped the first few feet in my mind . |
| 3 | When I looked at it , I held it close to my eyes . |
| 4 | He held a high-powered pair of night-glasses pressed close to his eyes . |
| 5 | Zhukov snatched the photograph , bringing it close to his eyes . |
| 6 | Repentant tears welled quickly to his eyes . |
| 7 | At the beginning of the century , chemistry and physics had still been fairly cheap : the expensive sciences were astronomy and exploration with its associated natural history , the Humboldtian programme ; but by the latter half of the century physics and chemistry , though still to our eyes heavily dependent on sealing wax and string , were becoming the big science of the day . |
| 8 | My Sister was at Sandy , but up to her eyes in her work with the Maquis . |
| 9 | She had been irritated by the cook 's refusal of her offer to make a simple white sauce , though Mrs Cranbrook was up to her eyes in work . |
| 10 | She put her hand up to her eyes , searching the sun-lit meadows for a sign of them . |
| 11 | His eyes rested on her beautifully shaped mouth , then went up to her eyes and held her look steadily before he flicked his glance down to her sensible shoes . |
| 12 | She wo n't be able to come because she 's up to her eyes |
| 13 | This election , is a clear choice between over spending , and over zealous ideas , resulting in an unnecessarily high Poll Tax being levied on us all by a Labour Council out of control , up to its eyes in debt , overspent and overstaffed — or a sane , reasonable planned Conservative Council of common sense . |
| 14 | Fornicators , ’ Corbett threw a sly glance at Ranulf , ‘ up to their necks , adulterers and traitors up to their eyes . ’ |
| 15 | They 're up to their eyes in work . |
| 16 | because they must be up to their eyes in debt |
| 17 | Yeah , they 're up to their eyes in there |
| 18 | They 're up to their eyes in it , you ca n't ask them while they 're , they 're |
| 19 | And we 're up to our eyes at the garage just now . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The plan was for Bryce to drive up and get them , but he 's up to his eyes in trying to draw substantial amounts of water from our well . |
| 21 | He pulled a drawer from under the counter and , taking letters from it unhurriedly , held each one up to his eyes . |
| 22 | He put his hand up to his eyes and squeezed them together . |
| 23 | The message was given , and Troy , wrapped up to his eyes in the cloak , stood in the doorway . |
| 24 | So when , at last , the lids rasped down , dry over dry , he uttered a short , horrified cry and put his hands up to his eyes , believing that , for his blasphemy , he was about to be blinded . |
| 25 | He seemed to be up to his eyes in paintings , painters , painting materials , and even painters ' jokes … |
| 26 | But erm you see , they suggested going down for a meeting he 's up to his eyes in it ! |
| 27 | They had to snip bits of my skin away with scissors — extremely painful — and search under the microscope for these worms , which eventually without treatment can burrow up to your eyes . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm up to my eyes this morning , as you can see . ’ |
| 29 | Honestly I have been Up To My Eyes in it recently . |
| 30 | I 've been up to my eyes in mannequins and haute couture . ’ |