Example sentences of "in her eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peony looked suitably chastened , but there was a glint in her eye that told Peggy there was plenty more she could say , and would say , if it were n't for the fact that she adored the Vicar with a passion that bordered on the obsessive . |
| 2 | With an impish glint of mischief in her eye the Muse of History looked down and watched the American Marines assault Grenada . |
| 3 | Turning up the charm level at this point is as effective as spraying DDT in her eye . |
| 4 | She had helped to pick up all the things spilt from the bag , but there had been that look in her eye just before — a familiar look , contempt , indifferently hidden . |
| 5 | ‘ I have a machine , ’ I faltered , but from the look in her eye I knew I was defeated . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , with a twinkle in her eye , ‘ if you 'll keep a secret , I 'll tell you , but first you 'll have to promise to keep it a secret . ’ |
| 7 | I saw a little tear in her eye . |
| 8 | And the look in her eye says Jill Morrell and John McCarthy have managed to pick up the pieces of their love |
| 9 | I had a great time with her , we were chatting away and I fancied there was a twinkle in her eye because I was quite a catch then . |
| 10 | As Sister Cecilia was to say to her , one could live without reading , writing , or arithmetic , sewing , singing or geography ; and yes — there would be a twinkle in her eye — with some , even without the good God ; but one could n't live without food and without those who knew how to make it appetising to the tongue . |
| 11 | A tear welled up in her eye and rolled down her cheek , leaving a streak of eye make-up behind it . |
| 12 | She felt frustrated and alone , and a tear glistened in her eye as she lay there on her back with Fred 's limp arm lying heavily across her breasts . |
| 13 | Nellie looked along the turning to the Galloway firm 's gates , a hard look in her eye as the bitter memories locked up inside her stirred once more . |
| 14 | ‘ Is he married ? ’ she asked with a mischievous glint in her eye . |
| 15 | The speculative look in her eye was unmistakable . |
| 16 | But she must not have a wooden leg or a cast in her eye , since these are things most of us hope to escape . |
| 17 | ‘ Your father did n't warn me quite what a striking young woman you had grown into , ’ the Princesse said in English with a wry glint in her eye . |
| 18 | Certainly , there were times when the mistress had a strange faraway look in her eye , a look that belied her busy nature and preoccupation with the children she adored : a haunted lonely look . |
| 19 | Ruth asked , with a twinkle in her eye as Gloria walked into the saloon bar . |
| 20 | But as night came , the girl 's nervous excitement increased and even Sikes was alarmed by the paleness in her cheeks and the fire in her eye . |
| 21 | She told the anecdote with a glint of relish in her eye , revelling in their embarrassment . |
| 22 | She glanced round the canteen with a twinkle in her eye . |
| 23 | Which of them , she insisted upon knowing , with a continuing and unnecessary mockery in her eye , was the more credulous ? |
| 24 | ‘ An asymmetrical spinnaker is on order , ’ said Mary , with an excited glint in her eye . |
| 25 | It consisted of a grey , with black tack ( ‘ Very vulgar , ’ said Ian to see how Julia would react ; she made no answer ) and a large handsome chestnut mare with good shoulders but long in the back and with that slightly dotty look in her eye usual in chestnut mares . |
| 26 | She looked at me with a defiant grin and a twinkle in her eye . |
| 27 | Her hair down and around her shoulders , her dress torn , her right shoe in one hand , and her bag in the other , the light of battle in her eye , McAllister stared at her saviour , Dr Neil , and he stared back at her . |
| 28 | McAllister put down her brush , placed her hands on her hips in the manner of every recalcitrant servant and said aggressively , with the hint of a twinkle in her eye , ‘ And what would Miss Mates say if I neglect my early morning duties ? ’ |
| 29 | Even on the remote , with its slight fuzziness , no one could miss that little twinkle in her eye . |
| 30 | The ghost of a twinkle in her eye ? |