Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [pos pn] [noun] 's eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dancing was to good old rock and roll music , and even those who were just a twinkle in their father 's eye in the 6Os joined in with the jiving fun . |
| 2 | She paused , imagining the scene in her mind 's eye as she had done so many times before , trying to picture her mother as a young girl , still in the fresh-faced bloom of youth . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , how lovely , ’ she breathed , her imagination taking off as she pictured the scene in her mind 's eye . |
| 4 | And , in all probability , their imaginations will , as they say , boggle because , as you have never seen that scene in your mind 's eye , it may well be riddled with improbabilities if it is not a downright impossibility . |
| 5 | As Tiguary announced the plan to the assembled chiefs , Dulé could see the scene in his mind 's eye : the fire licking up one mast , then leaping in the rigging to the other , snaking through the spars , then falling in sparks , and setting the decks to smouldering while sleepy men sloshed water about with the balers , yelling orders to one another , until , when the flames had lit up all the timbers and the ship blazed in a transparent lattice of spars and ribs , her defenders would fling themselves into the sea and the warriors would swoop out of the shallows and fall on them : it would be as easy as catching fish . |
| 6 | ‘ Thee I invoke , oh our Emperor , ’ he prayed , the formula glowing neon in his mind 's eye , ‘ that thou wilt infuse these cards this hour ; that thereby I may obtain true insight of things hidden , to thy glory and to the salvation of humanity — ’ |
| 7 | A determined glint in her aunt 's eye had caused Lucy to become aware of a sudden misgiving . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm — fond of Travis — very fond , ’ she stated , then caught the dangerous glint in her employer 's eye that assured her that her prevarication was n't going down too well . |
| 9 | With an assortment of adjectives , the driver confirmed , and his fireman noted a determined glint in his mate 's eye . |
| 10 | Hickery Holler came into the world 6 weeks ago , but the sad little spider monkey had never been a bright glint in his mother 's eye . |
| 11 | The ‘ photograph ’ of the burial mound in his mind 's eye , still so sharp and detailed , had convinced him that therein lay something of importance . |
| 12 | and you , you just , you ca n't mentally cross them off , keep a picture in your mind 's eye of what you 've crossed off . |
| 13 | I 'm quite sure I saw it , I 've got a sort of picture in my mind 's eye . |
| 14 | I 'd like at least to have a picture in my mind 's eye of where everything is . ’ |
| 15 | It was when he had pictured Morpurgo in his mind 's eye that it had occurred to him : such a trivial matter , yet nonetheless not right , not right at all — surely he must be mistaken . |
| 16 | By the time they had toured the famous house with its owner , studied the illustrious visitors ' book , looked round the study with Mr Luke Fildes ' picture of the Empty Chair in their mind 's eye , and had seen the chalet where Dickens wrote his last words before his death , they were drained of emotion , and it was fortunate that Rochester Castle provided exercise without undue stress . |
| 17 | He could see the big man in his mind 's eye even now , lifting Berdichev and breaking him . |
| 18 | The image in his mind 's eye was as sharp as ever . |
| 19 | Almost certainly , the image in your mind 's eye involves those billiard balls you learned about at school . |
| 20 | Melissa gave a mischievous grimace as she suddenly remembered the disapproving gleam in her friend 's eye on learning where she was spending the evening and , possibly , the night . |
| 21 | You should be able to ‘ see ’ your audience in your mind 's eye . |
| 22 | I 've never had any difficulty sleeping and I try to stay awake long enough to see the cancer in my mind 's eye . |
| 23 | A true watchmaker has foresight : he designs his cogs and springs , and plans their interconnections , with a future purpose in his mind 's eye . |
| 24 | She concentrated on the face in her mind 's eye , the single eye that saw in the dark and coloured things in . |
| 25 | He saw his mother in his mind 's eye , her arms red to the elbows from doing other people 's washing and ironing , her knees permanently swollen from scrubbing floors . |