Example sentences of "to his eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farrar was back with the rest , holding a handkerchief to his eye . |
| 2 | With faltering dexterity one hand clasped the stem of the umbrella , leaving the other free to manipulate the camera from its sheath and he moved it quickly to his eye , which glorified , revelled in such a miraculous extension to itself . |
| 3 | Magnified as much by his fever as by the brass telescope to his eye , he saw Hookum Singh , a giant Sikh capable of carrying a barrel of powder on his back , stagger after Harry Dunstaple , emptying the powder in piles at the corners of the Cutcherry building and around pillars and supports . |
| 4 | It was Francis — it hurts , this , to remember — it was Francis who , bewildered , touched the back of his hand to his eye . |
| 5 | Closer to his eye was a reflection of the kitchen , which seemed to hover in the darkness , a silent capsule , a moment from a time warp . |
| 6 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 7 | A split second latter he claps his hand to his eye and wipes himself . |
| 8 | Tommaso recognised its badger markings and the flap of its wings as it climbed ; he stuck the gun to his eye , tracked the bird , and fired ; the plover 's wings flew back and spread fanwise , in a cancan of swirling feathers , then it spun and came hurtling down . |
| 9 | He put his telescope to his eye , and through it he could see the shapes of ten dogs pulling a sledge over the ice . |
| 10 | A Vauxhall Viva resprayed in unspeakable tangerine to conceal a multitude of rusty sins and described as ‘ a sound and reliable workhorse ’ looked to his eye more like a duck very near death 's door . |
| 11 | Officers found Wightman ( 35 ) , with cuts to his eye . |
| 12 | And a glint came to his eye when he said he would be carrying on with his pastoral work for many years to come . |
| 13 | the Far East , including Japan , Australasia and South America are among the areas that bring a gleam to his eye when he talks of the future . |
| 14 | He tried to sniff back the wetness that had sprung to his eyes , but a few hot tears managed to spill over and course down his burning cheeks . |
| 15 | His hand went to his eyes . |
| 16 | The President managed a slight smile that brought a moment of life to his eyes : ‘ You 're most considerate , Mister … ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The plan was for Bryce to drive up and get them , but he 's up to his eyes in trying to draw substantial amounts of water from our well . |
| 18 | Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’ |
| 19 | He held a high-powered pair of night-glasses pressed close to his eyes . |
| 20 | He lifted the pair of binoculars to his eyes again . |
| 21 | He pulled a drawer from under the counter and , taking letters from it unhurriedly , held each one up to his eyes . |
| 22 | The death of Socrates in Plato 's Phaedo is one of the most inspiring stories , and the scholar Scaliger could never read it without tears coming to his eyes . |
| 23 | Tears would come to his eyes at the bounty of the poor . |
| 24 | Suddenly his face crumpled and tears sprang to his eyes . |
| 25 | Repentant tears welled quickly to his eyes . |
| 26 | Adolf Hitler was at a military hospital in Pasewalk in Pomerania , recovering from burns to his eyes after a British gas attack at Ypres , when on 10 November 1918 a pastor brought him news of the armistice . |
| 27 | He pressed his hands to his eyes to shut out the dreadful picture . |
| 28 | I did n't to his eyes appear sufficiently impressed . |
| 29 | He had passed by the very spot only the other day , and it had brought tears to his eyes . |
| 30 | Zhukov snatched the photograph , bringing it close to his eyes . |