Example sentences of "[adv] to her eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Sister was at Sandy , but up to her eyes in her work with the Maquis . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She put her hand up to her eyes , searching the sun-lit meadows for a sign of them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She wo n't be able to come because she 's up to her eyes |
| 6 | Tears rose haphazardly to her eyes as she watched the sequence of silent film Alexei showed her in the now darkened room . |
| 7 | Feeling a fiendish sense of delight at being ‘ bad ’ , she lifted the binoculars back to her eyes to have one last look at the mystery guest . |
| 8 | She saw his glance flick to her mouth , then back to her eyes , and as her heart suddenly started to thunder , so she felt a desperate need to say something — anything . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never heard anything so vicious ! ’ she gasped , white-lipped , tears springing hotly to her eyes . |
| 10 | Stronger ones , at least to her eyes . |