Example sentences of "in [pos pn] eye [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had that flinty look in my eyes that told Ed all he needed to know . |
| 2 | She caught the mischief in my eyes and pressed against me . |
| 3 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 4 | Lourdes and Ana , I notice , have tears in their eyes and keep crossing themselves . |
| 5 | To begin with the little-uns looked on Piggy as their parental figure because he always acted like an adult in their eyes and tried to make them laugh . |
| 6 | There was a blaze in her eyes that had not been there before and he could see at once that she would not be at all manageable . |
| 7 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 8 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 9 | When he let her go she stared up at him with anguish in her eyes and heard him swear roughly , viciously . |
| 10 | Lucenzo 's face became misty as the tears formed in her eyes and rolled silently down her cheeks . |
| 11 | But when she looked back at him he saw the hatred in her eyes and knew he had been right . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's enough , ’ she whispered , looking away from his intense stare in case he read the truth in her eyes and recoiled from it . |
| 13 | He glimpsed the tenderness in her eyes and looked away , embarrassed . |
| 14 | To her horror she felt the sting of tears in her eyes and looked away again , refusing to let him see her moment of weakness . |
| 15 | Tears welled up in her eyes and began slipping slowly down her cheeks . |
| 16 | He looked at her white face and the dark fear in her eyes and felt a brute . |
| 17 | Then he looked at her scarlet face , at the awful misery in her eyes and did n't want to laugh any more . |
| 18 | The tears welled up in her eyes and trickled into her ears and down her neck ; she heard her own sobs but made no effort to contain them . |
| 19 | Peony looked suitably chastened , but there was a glint in her eye that told Peggy there was plenty more she could say , and would say , if it were n't for the fact that she adored the Vicar with a passion that bordered on the obsessive . |
| 20 | A tear welled up in her eye and rolled down her cheek , leaving a streak of eye make-up behind it . |
| 21 | His expression was bland , unreadable , but there was a definite glint in his eye that made her pulse begin to race . |
| 22 | ‘ So you 've gone off chocolates , ’ he remarked with a glint in his eye that made her even more wary . |
| 23 | Tall , thoughtful , a brightness in his eye that hinted at both humour and stubbornness , William Livingstone was an American , but he looked every inch a Scot . |
| 24 | Easily distinguishable in his bird-lime-encrusted shirt and shorts , he often had a look in his eye that spoke of clouds and freedom , rather than the shin-splitting hordes bearing down on him in the shape of the Corton Heath Corinthians . |
| 25 | ‘ Go to bed ? ’ suggested Richard helpfully — and with a mischievous gleam in his eye that prompted Edward to throw a pillow at him . |
| 26 | He sank it and turned to me with a real glint in his eye and said something like , ‘ Now let's go . ’ |
| 27 | A tear sprang up in his eye and meandered across his cheek . |
| 28 | He walked towards her then , nonchalantly , but with a determined gleam in his eyes that succeeded in halting the flow of complaint from Robyn 's lips . |
| 29 | ‘ Will you excuse me , Maggie , ’ he said , wetness in his eyes that had n't been there a moment ago . |
| 30 | There was a wildness in his eyes that had n't been there before . |