Example sentences of "[adv] in [pos pn] mind 's eye " in BNC.

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1 The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut .
2 He could see the image clearly enough in his mind 's eye ( since that night no two rememberings had been more than a minute apart ) but even the most basic sketch eluded his hand .
3 Only in her mind 's eye she saw the image of her father , rather big , fleshy , with bulging expressionless eyes .
4 It was her face chiefly that I saw brightening and fading away in my mind 's eye .
5 Even less had they diminished the image of Topaz which was always in his mind 's eye .
6 Always in your mind 's eye see yourself as you stretch either upwards or towards your sides , ‘ growing ’ at least two inches out of the hip .
7 She is blind , so each contestant must tell her their adventures in great detail , so that she can see everything clearly in her mind 's eye .
8 I remember nothing there except a girl in the top class , who was fair-haired and had a bright complexion , and I see her now in my mind 's eye outstretched , lying upon her back on the floor .
9 She could see Miss Henrietta yet in her mind 's eye , so young and lovely , laughing up into the face of her adoring Captain Cook .
10 He had burned it himself on the fire he had made against the fruit-garden wall and it might be that no copies of it existed , yet in his mind 's eye it recreated itself , the child for ever stilled , its face a waxen mask , the old doctor haggard with sorrow and lack of sleep , the mirror no breath had misted held in his hand , the parents in each other 's arms .
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