Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pos pn] eyes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , British Rail has its eyes on the Bankside site for bringing up the spoil from the tunnel for Channel traffic which it is , so absurdly , driving under the middle of London at astronomical cost . |
| 2 | My mum dabbed her eyes with her handkerchief and said , ‘ Arnold Bottomley had a seizure when he was on a canal boat and it took four of us to hold him , although he had been so easy-going on other trips , especially the Greek one that I did n't go on . |
| 3 | A puggaree of Indian cotton hung from the back of his hat , to protect his neck from the sun ; a brown veil shielded his eyes from the snow ; a whistle hung from his button-hole . ’ |
| 4 | Buddhist monk covers his eyes amid tear gas fired by the security forces during a demonstration against the Indo-Sri Lanka accord in Colombo , 1987 . |
| 5 | The superintendent narrowed her eyes with puzzlement . |
| 6 | And , as industry opens its eyes to the benefits of computer services , the balance is now changing . |
| 7 | Joe had gauged that the ‘ he ’ she referred to was the uncle and the reference to Pitman 's shorthand brought his eyes to Mick and his face ready to go into a grin ; but something in Mick 's expression checked it and he listened to him saying , ‘ She 's a bright lass , is Carrie . ’ |
| 8 | The moment came , and in walked Robin and Henrietta Tavistock ; his expression was one of sheer amazement , and when he saw his father the Duke of Bedford , whom he thought was at his chalet in Méribel , I saw tears of emotion flood his eyes for a moment . |
| 9 | The middle-aged businessman opposite lifted his eyes from a sheaf of papers in his briefcase and stared with fixed interest at the soft-faced girl with the golden tan and the riot of Titian curls , but Virginia was supremely unaware of his admiration . |
| 10 | The girl narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 11 | Her husband fastened his eyes on Maggie and that was enough to have her going after Ana and Mitch very quickly , her temper bubbling . |
| 12 | As the Padre 's feeble voice continued to denounce the Editor of The Times the Collector lifted his eyes to the sky where , as always , the kites and vultures were circling . |
| 13 | Do n't think , look , he screamed against the desire to shut his eyes against the terror of the fall . |
| 14 | In those days I lived with my parents and when the film resurfaced at a local cinema I convinced them to spend an evening feasting their eyes on those sanguinary sapphics . |
| 15 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 16 | With an effort the Collector removed his eyes from the food and looked at the crowd assembled to bid for it . |
| 17 | Hope felt a heave of sentimental sorrow threaten his eyes at the vision of this brave young girl , on the bleak shore , dead in delivering her child . |
| 18 | The teacher set his eyes upon his book and the water held and hid what it stole and went its way . |
| 19 | Here the vicar raised his eyes to the congregation and a look of panic passed across his face . |
| 20 | The abbot met his eyes without a smile ; he was always in command of his countenance . |
| 21 | He entered the terminal building , then returned to stand with one hand on his haunch , the other sheltering his eyes to the right , then the left , where Delia Sutherland was sitting on her suitcase , unaccountably invisible to him . |
| 22 | Art raised his eyes to the receiving desk , she was standing she was standing talking to a young man . |
| 23 | The younger policeman dragged his eyes from Sarah and looked at Benjamin . |
| 24 | Was n't I told you have to hold them tight and not for a minute take your eyes off them ? |
| 25 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 26 | The woman narrowed her eyes at her . |
| 27 | For years , it was supposed to be crucial to bonding for baby to open its eyes on Mum and Dad in the first instants of life , which I always thought was a lot of toffee . |
| 28 | ’ Ask the Lord to open your eyes to its meaning . |
| 29 | As then , America 's government wants the Bundesbank to lift its eyes from narrow domestic objectives and adopt a more ‘ global perspective ’ — that is , to cut interest rates . |
| 30 | The girl in the Chinese house-coat narrowed her eyes upon the central figure in the tableau before her , and the supple lines of her face sharpened into crystal , and lost their smiling gaiety . |