Example sentences of "to her eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then our hostess appeared on a terrace higher still , put a large telescope to her eye , and read the time by the clock on the town tower . |
| 2 | Increasing distance made it shrink as it rose , until at an unimaginable height it was not larger to her eye than a small bird . |
| 3 | Down the third row of stones he tried in the garden of remembrance , he found the spot where Heather had raised the camera to her eye and captured the second image in the sequence he was seeking to follow . |
| 4 | Whoever had struck her had come perilously close to her eye . |
| 5 | He brought his hand up to her eye level and snapped his fingers . |
| 6 | To her eye , Ferraris were masterpieces of elegantly understated design , with fine lines and an innate animal grace . |
| 7 | Yet he deposited her on it as carefully as if she were china , and that brought a weak tear to her eye . |
| 8 | It was said that Mrs Fribbins had suffered a bruise to her eye after being hit during a bed changing incident . |
| 9 | It was said that Mrs Fribbins had suffered a bruise to her eye after being hit during a bed changing incident . |
| 10 | Now unable to write due to her eye condition , she and her husband , Oliver , who has overcome a stroke and broken arm , keep in close touch with their children by tape and video , But her works drew the attention of actress Dame Flora Robson , Scarborough-based playwright Alan Ayckbourn and radio presenter Brian Johnston , who interviewed her in Down Your Way . |
| 11 | The jagged edge was right next to her eye . |
| 12 | But she put it to her eyes and brought it away streaked black and green . |
| 13 | Tears springing to her eyes , she pushed her chair back , rose , and ran out of the dining room . |
| 14 | The single white anemone set her pulse racing ; the suspicion of dew in the bell of a campanula knotted her diaphragm ; the fragrance of white tobacco plant at dusk brought tears to her eyes . |
| 15 | Then something happened to her eyes . |
| 16 | Pictures of her parents , memories , flashed through her mind bringing hot scalding tears to her eyes . |
| 17 | That brought fresh tears to her eyes . |
| 18 | The punchline actually brought tears to her eyes and caused Isa Peebles to laugh so hard she almost fell off her stool . |
| 19 | Bridhe stood still , afraid to move , half-certain that the girl was about to harm the baby ; but when she saw Luch lay the little boy back in his cradle and tuck the coverlet round him , rock him for a moment , and then turn lovingly to pick up her own child again , the old lady felt tears come to her eyes . |
| 20 | He supposed it was merely what those awful specs did to her eyes , but sometimes she had an almost maniacal look of purpose in her face , not like a little girl at all . |
| 21 | Tears sprang to her eyes . |
| 22 | Tears sprang to her eyes — tears of despair and frustration . |
| 23 | My Sister was at Sandy , but up to her eyes in her work with the Maquis . |
| 24 | The street seemed to be full of perfume now , wafting around her in the biting wind — the perfume that was the most evocative memory she had of her mother , a haunting perfume , light and teasing and sweet , a perfume that smelled a little like a summer garden at dusk , a perfume , the memory of which had possessed the power to bring tears to her eyes long , long after she had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother 's face . |
| 25 | The wind whistled in her face bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 26 | Dazzled , Mrs Lomax put a hand to her eyes . |
| 27 | She cleared her throat , then to her dismay tears suddenly sprang to her eyes . |
| 28 | She had been irritated by the cook 's refusal of her offer to make a simple white sauce , though Mrs Cranbrook was up to her eyes in work . |
| 29 | Trying to keep her voice calm , and almost choking on the tears of guilt that had come to her eyes the moment she heard her aunt speak , Constance said , ‘ Oh , Aunt Louise , I 've met a boy … no , not really a boy … a young man ’ — and she began to sob . |
| 30 | A fire brigade spokesman said last night : ‘ It 's a serious matter — but it must have brought tears to her eyes . ’ |