Example sentences of "[pron] eyes fixed " in BNC.
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| 1 | I quicken my step , keeping my eyes fixed ahead , hoping for a sign of life about the croft . |
| 2 | In the shadow of the bus , a vulture wheeling overhead , I kept my eyes fixed on the bush behind us . |
| 3 | I keep my eyes fixed on my script . |
| 4 | I revolve about you , dazed and unhappy , with my eyes fixed on you helplessly . |
| 5 | The official blurb explains that the plaster figures ‘ stand as if boldly forging ahead , their eyes fixed on our motherland 's beautiful future ’ . |
| 6 | The storm had passed and done its worst ; now the women gathered , dressed alike in full dark skirts and tucked-in blouses , shawls pulled over their heads — re-enacting a painting by Krøyer , their eyes fixed on the sea . |
| 7 | Several other Muslim families stood by in shock , their eyes fixed on brush fires scorching the opposite hillside . |
| 8 | Gary and Bean were looking understandably nervous by now , their eyes fixed hypnotically on the ramp of the horse-box . |
| 9 | Modern scholars , conscious of the large issues involved in this struggle , have generally found this intrusion of the local and material interests of the church of Canterbury at a critical moment incomprehensible , and having their eyes fixed on the historically more important matters of investiture and homage , they have supposed that Anselm 's eyes must also have been similarly directed . |
| 10 | If , amidst the generally apocalyptic atmosphere of the time , devout Jews were anxiously awaiting the advent of two Messiahs — one royal from David , one priestly from Aaron — they would have had their eyes fixed on a limited number of families . |
| 11 | The Doctor had expected this to provoke some reaction but the Chelonians remained resolutely silent , their eyes fixed on the big screen that showed a trundling view of their journey through the wastes . |
| 12 | Both kept their eyes fixed firmly ahead . |
| 13 | They would just stand there , motionless , their eyes fixed on the horizon , scarcely speaking to each other . |
| 14 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 15 | The cat looked up , and then it began to work its way upwards , its eyes fixed on its intended prey . |
| 16 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
| 17 | It whined , backed away with its eyes fixed on Grimma , and then darted off into the darkness . |
| 18 | Dorothea Shottery , her eyes fixed unseeingly on the cream paint of a radiator , heard the sigh and wondered about it . |
| 19 | She waited , sipping the water , her eyes fixed on me . |
| 20 | The more the men whistled , the more ribald their remarks , the faster she walked ; but the faster she walked , the more of a sexual object , or sexual quarry , she became , twisting and turning between the rows of benches ( for she soon lost her bearings ) , stumbling over piles of metal parts , skidding on the oily floor , her cheeks as red as her hair , the wings of her nostrils white , her eyes fixed steadfastly ahead , refusing to meet the gaze of her tormentors. ‘ 'Allo , darlin' , lookin' for me ? |
| 21 | Not looking at the cows , but keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead , she pushed her bike past them and then on to the footpath . |
| 22 | Can you wonder that Virginia , the Elf Second , used to put her head down , keep her eyes fixed straight in front of her , and pedal as hard as she could past Wardle Wood and the old woman who lived in the cottage in the middle of it . |
| 23 | With her thoughts far away and her eyes fixed on the distant horizon , she did not notice where she was going — and as the tall , broad-shouldered man who was coming from the opposite direction was too deeply absorbed in his own reflections to be aware of his surroundings , there was a sudden abrupt collision . |
| 24 | When he came back Breeze was sitting curled up by the fire in the quaint but attractive parlour , her eyes fixed thoughtfully on the dancing flames . |
| 25 | Hilary Robarts had been slumped back in her chair , her eyes fixed on Lessingham . |
| 26 | Now , thirty years later , lying rigid , her eyes fixed on the sky , she remembered that single word , his eyes looking into hers , his hands on her shoulders , the bark of the tree scraping her back through her Aertex shirt . |
| 27 | She still kept her eyes fixed on the swirling liquid ; when she did speak it was part-defiance and part-apology . |
| 28 | He would look up from his newspaper after supper to find her eyes fixed on him , in a way which brought back to him the passion with which she had kissed him upon the moor . |
| 29 | ‘ Jemima , ’ Artemis whispered , her eyes fixed on her lace table mat . |
| 30 | When he spoke at the exhibition , Vivien stood the whole time , keeping her eyes fixed upon his face . |