Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] [pos pn] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | He played soft romantic music , hinted about the goings-on upstairs , which had temporarily gone silent , and gazed into her eyes . |
| 2 | And then the Lad held up something that shimmered and rippled before their eyes , and that was beautiful and terrifying and — ‘ Powerful , ’ thought Taliesin . |
| 3 | Rainwater swept into the car and got into my eyes . |
| 4 | As she rubbed her hand tiredly across her forehead she stared at the cheque until the writing blurred and danced before her eyes , and every word she had flung at him , every insult , seemed burned indelibly into her brain . |
| 5 | But they wrote and edited with their eyes also on the contemporary situation and on the future , with a determination that the people 's faith and worship should not be swamped by the religions of their Babylonian masters , and that once back in God 's Land , they should not commit the same dreadful mistakes again . |
| 6 | As he turned and looked into her eyes he knew instinctively there was no need to worry on that score . |
| 7 | He poured Moselle for her , brushed fingers as he handed her the glass and looked into her eyes . |
| 8 | He tilted her face and looked into her eyes . |
| 9 | He lifted his head and looked into her eyes . |
| 10 | He came towards her and looked into her eyes . |
| 11 | He nodded , and for the first time paused and looked into her eyes . |
| 12 | I said hello to everybody and looked into their eyes for hints of recognition — that these famous musical arbiters and copy- fuhrers might remember my earlier attempts to bum a job on the journo rollercoaster . |
| 13 | As dusk fell , he kissed her damp thighs , and then her mouth , and Isobel held his head and looked into his eyes . |
| 14 | She raised her head and looked into his eyes . |
| 15 | She could feel his heart beating steadily under the palm of her hand , and looked into his eyes , gazing down at her . |
| 16 | Robyn pulled away from his body a little and looked into his eyes . |
| 17 | When at last he 'd come to her , his manhood hard against her , she held her breath and looked into his eyes . |
| 18 | He lifted my chin up and looked into my eyes with a funny , half-actorish solemnity , and said quietly , " I am so glad to see you again . " |
| 19 | She set it on the table , avoiding his stare , and made as if to leave , but stopped before she reached the door and looked in his eyes . |
| 20 | His black hair curled under the edge of his helmet and fell to his eyes , and there was a gap between his teeth . |
| 21 | When it appeared to be over — he 'd stopped breathing so heavily and lay with his eyes closed — she asked him who Stella Maris was . |
| 22 | He got straight back on to the divan and lay with his eyes shut , as if I should n't have come and I felt I ought never to have come ( especially without telling C ) , and I felt as well that it really was a bit much , a pose . |
| 23 | And behold , he shrivelled and withered under their eyes , and became a small handful of grey dust and glass powder . |
| 24 | She tailed off , colour coming and going as she remembered what had happened both before and after that fateful conversation she 'd overheard , and saw in his eyes an echo of everything that she was feeling . |
| 25 | She pushed away the papers and rubbed at her eyes , she would have to visit the creditors , pay them a little of their money and then beg them for time to pay the rest . |
| 26 | The secret that lay between them , those minutes when he had held her shaking body against the tree trunk and stared into her eyes , compelling obedience , had bound them with a cord so strong that it could n't be frayed , either by the enormity of their shared guilty secret , or by the small rubs of living together . |
| 27 | He pulled back from her and stared into her eyes . |
| 28 | She turned to him and stared into his eyes , and said , ‘ I am of Callanish . |
| 29 | He cupped Luce 's cheek with his palm and smiled into her eyes , making her heart do what felt like a series of back somersaults . |
| 30 | He screamed and clawed at his eyes . |