Example sentences of "catch [art] eye " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They act as though no sexy young woman has ever trod those cobbled streets before , although the nubile daughter of the drunken town bully ( Peter Vaughan ) walks around in the mini-est of mini-skirts especially catching the eye of the long-haired village idiot ( David Warner ) , who has already molested young girls . |
| 2 | Tea for two , and a glass of water , ’ she commanded , catching the eye of a passing waiter . |
| 3 | Catching the eye at Brough is newcomer Bretts Dream Girl , which has won two of her four races since arriving from Ireland . |
| 4 | The 17-year-old is one of several young men at Celtic Park — Eddie Gray 's son , Stuart , is another — catching the eye . |
| 5 | Well backed after catching the eye previously , he strolled home by 12 lengths , having his race won a long way out . |
| 6 | There was an added incentive this year for the students as it was their last opportunity to catch the eye of Sue Rich , captain and selector of the British Team for the World Student Games which take place later this year . |
| 7 | They have no remarkable features to catch the eye , nor , in tandem , do they form a satifying or picturesque group as a street of Georgian terraces does . |
| 8 | At blindside prop George Mann , recruited from St Helens to ease mounting injury problems , ran with the enthusiasm of a man keen to catch the eye ; and with Kuiti and Nikau generating a good deal of power in the second row , Rovers were hard pressed to close the gaps . |
| 9 | It was a work designed to catch the eye , to tempt the curious and to help with the identification of rarities . |
| 10 | When church events are mentioned , they need to be ‘ angled ’ to the community , with plenty of human and local interest to catch the eye . |
| 11 | The living picture formed relies on the large barbs to catch the eye , and move it on to the smaller Tetras . |
| 12 | In loose leaf format contained in a clear plastic wallet , these are designs to use again and again , singly or in a combination , whenever you want to catch the eye and the compliments . |
| 13 | Janice , from her vantage point , managed to catch the eye of a boy to whom she had spoken on the boat , and terrorized , fascinated , he responded to her insinuations and oglings and came over to ask her for the pleasure of her hand . |
| 14 | This small characin can be seen in all dealers ' tanks , their fluorescence guaranteed to catch the eye of fishkeepers . |
| 15 | I always take a bottle of claret and a meat pie to help me through the service and , when it 's finished , I gaze around to catch the eye of some pretty maid . |
| 16 | Aquatic initiative , resuscitation and first aid , line throwing and swim and tow … it 's in all four disciplines that marks are given in competition , and Smith and Miss Stead were n't the only medal-winners to catch the eye at Queen 's . |
| 17 | Y'know if you wan na have a go , you wan na say something , then you make quite subtle gestures to catch the eye of somebody and so on . |
| 18 | It might not be what the average first-time buyer had in mind , but the latest property to go in the window at Hobbs and Chambers estate agents is sure to catch the eye of passers-by . |
| 19 | Betty McCaw , who lives out Templepatrick way , tells me she was in the electricity showrooms the other day when she happened to catch the eye of another woman in the queue . |
| 20 | Something special to catch the eye , and never much of it ; thus was not money made , and Rose knew it . |
| 21 | One to catch the eye was Badger of Dykes , winner of the Highland Best of Breed Award and a fine advert for his breed . |
| 22 | The group quickly gained substantial influence ; its success reflected upon Mr Lo , whose abilities caught the eye of the colonial government . |
| 23 | Finding the charms of the private sector unexpectedly resistible , he returned to government , and subsequently caught the eye of Sir Edward Youde , the Governor of Hong Kong from 1982-85 . |
| 24 | So I just sat watching the passing scene until I caught the eye of a waiter and ordered some wine . |
| 25 | And it was the Miniature Poodle which caught the eye of well-known judge Jean Lanning , with the Lhasa Apso reserve . |
| 26 | He caught the eye with a highly encouraging performance despite finishing last but was not seriously considered to be in the same league as the adored ‘ Dessie ’ . |
| 27 | The fashionably turned out Kylie caught the eye of many boys at Camberwell . |
| 28 | Three years later , he emigrated with his parents to Israel , yet became a frequent commuter to the major musical centres of Europe , where he caught the eye of such musical heavyweights as Edwin Fischer , Wilhelm Furtwangler and ( most especially ) Arthur Rubinstein , who took an immense interest in the young pianist and arranged for him to be represented by his agent , the legendary Sol Hurok . |
| 29 | Johnson , who caught the eye on the England A tour of the Caribbean recently , had batted 110 minutes for his 53 and hit eight boundaries . |
| 30 | At the end of this was an old chalk pit where cowslips had bloomed in the spring but now common spotted orchids and ox-eye daisies caught the eye . |