Example sentences of "[noun sg] eye the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When tempted by didacticism , the writer should imagine a spruce sea-captain eyeing the storm ahead , bustling from instrument to instrument in a catherine wheel of gold braid , expelling crisp orders down the speaking tube . |
| 2 | The Superintendent eyed the Inspector speculatively . |
| 3 | The waitress who had been covering for Doyle behind the bar eyed the baseball bat questioningly when he returned . |
| 4 | Ignored by the guard , who was running towards the house after being startled into wakefulness , the Doctor eyed the cloud of grey smoke critically , wondering how much damage would have been done to the villa itself . |
| 5 | A huge camera eyed the Harvard dealers from a corner of the ceiling , and its beady eye of a lens would swivel unexpectedly . |
| 6 | Tatyana Scholl , the West German who was to win the Miss Bikini ( physique ) class , took time out from her press-ups to waddle around nervously like a weight-lifter eyeing the bar . |
| 7 | Dumping her bags in the bedroom , she sat down at the kitchen table and began to sift lethargically through the pile of accumulated mail , from time to time eyeing the phone in the hall . |