Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [art] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hermann Axen , the former politburo member responsible for foreign policy , is in Moscow for an eye operation and so avoided arrest . |
| 2 | He looked Grimma in the eye . |
| 3 | She punched Rossmayne in the eye and then on the chest , tugging at his cravat until he lost his balance and fell on top of her . |
| 4 | Nor will the East End map show the Stoke Newington house where Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie was stabbed to death by Reggie through the eye , neck and stomach . |
| 5 | Grunte looked Swan in the eye . |
| 6 | She looked Jake in the eye and demanded flatly , ‘ Is that the reason why you 're here ? ’ |
| 7 | She turned round slowly and looked Jake in the eye . |
| 8 | Jack Higgins leaves Pan with The Eye of the Storm ( Signet ) ; and Craig Thomas ' A Hooded Crow ( Fontana ) is the one that has recently been C formatted . |
| 9 | Madame Chardin was a Protestant with distinct Rousseauian leanings , but she had read her Rousseau with an eye to institutions . |
| 10 | She drank more coffee , put her cup down on the table , looked Carver in the eye . |
| 11 | The pathologist suddenly dropped his habitual banter , and looked Morse in the eye . |
| 12 | The man ran off into nearby fields and stabbed PC Lucey in the eye when he followed . |
| 13 | In one of those asides , Johnson with the eye of a painter gives the last glimpse of these high ways in 1773 : ‘ Once we saw a corn field , in which a lady was walking with some gentlemen … ’ |
| 14 | She had a bald , stark way of speaking , never looking Gabriel in the eye but staring over his shoulder with a slight frown creasing her curd-yellow forehead . |
| 15 | Looking Nicolo in the eye only made her knees feel as if they were going to buckle . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I heard you right , Patricia , ’ Mike said , looking Patsy in the eye . |
| 17 | The volatile Scot , currently on a month 's loan to Birmingham City after being transfer-listed by Southampton , lines up against Newcastle with an eye on a move back into the Premier League . |
| 18 | For the first time he looked Greg in the eye and pointed towards the gate . |
| 19 | Swindon Magistrates were told she 'd lost her temper and punched 88-year-old Sarah Fribbins in the eye . |
| 20 | Graham said , leaning forward and looking Slater in the eye . |
| 21 | However , by August , when it was obvious that there was no family accommodation to be found in town , I was forced to take on a croft cottage about seven miles to the north of Stornoway on the Eye Peninsula , known locally as the Point district . |
| 22 | ‘ Where do you come from ? ’ asked Betty with an eye on Lydia . |
| 23 | Freddie clears his throat , and forces himself to look Howard in the eye . |
| 24 | He looked Leonora in the eye . |
| 25 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |