Example sentences of "[adv] to his 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 | He held a high-powered pair of night-glasses pressed close to his eyes . |
| 3 | Zhukov snatched the photograph , bringing it close to his eyes . |
| 4 | Repentant tears welled quickly to his eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | He pulled a drawer from under the counter and , taking letters from it unhurriedly , held each one up to his eyes . |
| 7 | He put his hand up to his eyes and squeezed them together . |
| 8 | The message was given , and Troy , wrapped up to his eyes in the cloak , stood in the doorway . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He seemed to be up to his eyes in paintings , painters , painting materials , and even painters ' jokes … |
| 11 | But erm you see , they suggested going down for a meeting he 's up to his eyes in it ! |
| 12 | Staring at him , at the strong face , her eyes drifted to his mouth , the strong column of his throat and back to his eyes . |
| 13 | But as she shifted her gaze back to his eyes — eyes as brightly blue as the bluest summer sky and such a startling contrast with his almost-black hair — that momentary tremor inside her was extinguished . |
| 14 | I did n't to his eyes appear sufficiently impressed . |