Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] to [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I want you to touch me , trail your mouth from my toes to my eyes .
2 I raised my hand to my eyes wondering how I could have hit it so hard .
3 They stood there with their aprons to their eyes .
4 The briefest of smiles took flight from her lips to her eyes , and away , leaving her portentously grave again ; and with careful , frowning concentration she said in English , her bright , light , child 's voice forming the words as gingerly as a novice using an untried weapon : ‘ Oh , no — I am only Catherine . ’
5 She stood there for a moment in confusion , the lantern in her hand shedding a golden light on the creamy folds of her dress where the dark fur had fallen open over it , her hand to her eyes , shading them against the lantern light , her brow creased with puzzlement .
6 Katherine had barely had time to pull off her wire-framed pince-nez and press the palms of her hands to her eyes before Gerard had returned .
7 Lou pressed her hands to her eyes .
8 He pressed his hands to his eyes to shut out the dreadful picture .
  Next page