Example sentences of "eyeing the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carlie was still looking at him , eyeing the casts , his toes sticking out at the end . |
| 2 | ‘ Later , perhaps , ’ said Tom , thinking that Willie was eyeing the buns . |
| 3 | Chopping wood , making bonfires , sawing logs , collecting acorns , eyeing the strawberries while patrolling up and down with his special secateurs , he appeared to one neighbour ‘ like a magic gardener in a fairy story ’ . |
| 4 | I snap , eyeing the lobsters , and observing a dozen fat oysters , discreetly arranged around them , which I had n't noticed before . |
| 5 | ‘ She wo n't need all that , ’ said Mike 's mother , eyeing the bottles . |
| 6 | On a wet day , eyeing the lanes of traffic before crossing to the hospital , I caught my toe in a paving-stone and fell fiat . |
| 7 | ‘ Very nice , ’ said Joe , eyeing the purchases , she 'd set out on the bed , ‘ but explain why it 's taken you all day . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ A great nation , the French , ’ said Mrs Locombe-Stableford , eyeing the puddings . |
| 9 | The uniformed figure stood in the doorway , eyeing the occupants of the cell impassively . |
| 10 | The others were mostly quiet , eyeing the men on the stretchers in fear and fascination . |
| 11 | Mrs Lennox queried , eyeing the loaves Maggie had laid beside the water containers . |
| 12 | Willie nodded shyly and went after Sammy who was eyeing the flowers in someone 's window box . |
| 13 | Eyeing the police car , she wondered whether it belonged to Officer Hassan and whether it was worth hanging around for a word with him . |
| 14 | Out in force a week or so prior to the start of the meeting , they hunted for stories like lions seeking water on a drought-ridden veldt , lingering outside the security fences and eyeing the carabinieri , who would let none through without the appropriate pass . |
| 15 | Eyeing the magnates one by one , he nodded his head . |
| 16 | Capote was as raucous as ever , eyeing the sisters , cracking jokes with the executioner , telling the good prioress to have a second cup ready for the journey back . |