Example sentences of "[art] [adj] look in [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes .
2 But you can see it in the glazed look in his eyes .
3 I was terrified she might see the guilty look in my eyes for I am the man who lost the English Calais .
4 Ryan came over late in the morning and stood uncertainly on the terrace jangling his car keys , intimidated by the thunderous look in her eyes .
5 The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod .
6 He scanned the empty horizon and frowned , and she quivered , suddenly afraid at the savage look in his eyes .
7 He heaved a sigh , which was instantly belied by the droll look in his eyes .
8 A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes .
9 The questioning look in his eyes showed he had n't missed the slip .
10 In temperament , though not in looks , she reminded Athelstan of Benedicta ; she had the same quiet composure and he had glimpsed the steely look in her eyes .
11 However , the steely look in his blue eyes told her such tactics would be ultimately pointless , and she sighed heavily .
12 ‘ That 's a relief , ’ he said , but he did n't sound relieved and she saw the sombre look in his eyes deepen .
13 The speculative look in her eye was unmistakable .
14 Bernice was disappointed to see the deadened look in his eyes as well .
15 ‘ I thought we 'd said everything there was to say , ’ she said , seeing in her turn the anxious frown and the bleak look in his eyes .
16 A sleepless night had added to her pallor and the haunted look in her eyes .
17 Cup in hand , she was about to sit opposite him at the small kitchen table , but the unwelcoming look in his deep blue eyes changed her mind , and she wandered aimlessly through to the living-room .
18 ‘ That is n't me — it 's my twin sister , ’ Claudia said simply , to be immediately disconcerted by the disbelieving look in his eyes .
19 Luke broke off without completing the shocked question , the appalled look in his eyes gradually giving way to contrition as he stared at her .
20 In his right hand he carried a long machete , but it was the crazed look in his eyes that really shook the young policeman .
21 She was unable to meet the intense look in his eyes , and her lashes fluttered wildly against her cheeks .
22 Pulses quicken at the mere mention of the name ; grown men develop a glazed look in their eyes .
23 He went on like that until the chief officer nodded him through with a glazed look in his eyes .
24 Celia stared at her intently , a strange look in her eyes .
25 You 've had a strange look in your eyes for weeks . ’
26 MacAirth stared back , a strange look in his drink-sodden face .
27 When he came to Tallis , carrying the spoils , there was a strange look in his eyes ; he had been fired by the bloody encounter .
28 He glanced up , a grave look in his face .
29 Reaching out , she touched him , a compassionate look in her eyes .
30 There were an awful lot of nice people working in the building , but there is sometimes a certain tone in your voice , a clouded look in your eye , which gives the impression that you 're more likely to be a client than a colleague .
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