Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes fixed on " in BNC.
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1 | In the shadow of the bus , a vulture wheeling overhead , I kept my eyes fixed on the bush behind us . |
2 | I keep my eyes fixed on my script . |
3 | I revolve about you , dazed and unhappy , with my eyes fixed on you helplessly . |
4 | The official blurb explains that the plaster figures ‘ stand as if boldly forging ahead , their eyes fixed on our motherland 's beautiful future ’ . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Several other Muslim families stood by in shock , their eyes fixed on brush fires scorching the opposite hillside . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | They would just stand there , motionless , their eyes fixed on the horizon , scarcely speaking to each other . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The cat looked up , and then it began to work its way upwards , its eyes fixed on its intended prey . |
13 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
14 | It whined , backed away with its eyes fixed on Grimma , and then darted off into the darkness . |
15 | She waited , sipping the water , her eyes fixed on me . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Hilary Robarts had been slumped back in her chair , her eyes fixed on Lessingham . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | She still kept her eyes fixed on the swirling liquid ; when she did speak it was part-defiance and part-apology . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | ‘ Jemima , ’ Artemis whispered , her eyes fixed on her lace table mat . |
22 | Every time Vernon looked back she was striding with her chin tilted theatrically , her eyes fixed on the smoky heavens . |
23 | She wished Mother a Happy Christmas , her eyes fixed on the child across the road and that silhouette of Mr Punch who now appeared with raised and menacing fist . |
24 | Then she knuckled off to the back of the cage and Fifi followed , her eyes fixed on the banana although she was n't trying to snatch . |
25 | ‘ The Angry Sun in truth , ’ said Fenella , her expression absorbed , her eyes fixed on Goibniu and the others . |
26 | Fenella , her heart thudding frantically , kept her eyes fixed on the door and a fearful hope began to unfurl . |
27 | To watch him then was such a mingled joy of yearning and pity that sometimes , frightened of her waking thoughts but more afraid of the nightmares of sleep , she would carry her night-light into his bedroom and crouch by the cot for an hour or more , her eyes fixed on his sleeping face , her restlessness soothed by his peace . |
28 | But when Maria Filippa heard Davide laugh , she twisted up from her stricken position and her eyes fixed on him with hatred , ‘ You 're laughing , are you ? |
29 | Tess used to rest her head on the cow 's body , her eyes fixed on a distant field . |
30 | Madra was shivering again , her eyes fixed on the Circle beyond the burning longhouses . |