Example sentences of "he [verb] [pos pn] eyes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lowered his eyes for an instant to the parchments that littered the table . |
| 2 | He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and added , ‘ And why did this Paul feller need converting ? |
| 3 | He dabbed his eyes with his immaculate handkerchief . |
| 4 | From the clifftop he watched the small figure of Detective Furness in his red anorak on the saddle below , twisting from one side to another as he strained his eyes against the bright sunlight to search for his charge . |
| 5 | He narrowed his eyes at Isabel , who looked up at him , frightened but desperately trying to keep her wits about her . |
| 6 | He narrowed his eyes at her . |
| 7 | He narrowed his eyes at her , then surprised her by smiling . |
| 8 | Instead he narrowed his eyes at her . |
| 9 | Yet nothing , it seemed , could halt the flow of adrenalin that surged upwards or the flush of awareness that overwhelmed her as he cast his eyes over the carefully laid table , the food and , lastly , herself . |
| 10 | He cast his eyes over her in an unhurried , tantalising gaze , smiled a seductive , lazy smile that told Robyn only too well what was to come . |
| 11 | Dragging the last remnants of his determination together , he fixed his eyes on the dark , looming rock and thought , I will . |
| 12 | Putting his hands in his pockets , and trying to look as though he did this every day , he fixed his eyes on the target . |
| 13 | Instead he fixed his eyes on his hands , which were clasped together on the desk , studying them as if the words he must say were written on his bony fingers . |
| 14 | He fixed his eyes on the prophecy with fresh deliberation , denying himself the comfort of blinking to be certain he missed nothing . |
| 15 | He fixed his eyes on the cloaked figure and waited . |
| 16 | When he lifted his eyes towards her again he thought he was safe to continue his stare , thought she was still unaware of the nature of the examination . |
| 17 | After a moment he lifted his eyes from the books , leaned forward and spoke in a lowered voice . |
| 18 | She was about to put the binoculars down ashamedly when he lifted his eyes from the paper . |
| 19 | He meets their eyes with a look that almost confesses . |
| 20 | He dried his eyes with a silk handkerchief . |
| 21 | She looked flirtatiously at Urquhart and held his gaze before he dropped his eyes to the table . |
| 22 | He buried his eyes in the fire again . |
| 23 | He turned his eyes to Donald Crubach . |
| 24 | He rested his eyes on her , very conscious of the smooth skin and her flowery perfume . |
| 25 | He opened his eyes to the quiet darkness , the moonlight , the breeze from the window that his helper had opened . |
| 26 | He opened his eyes to be caught by the early morning sun , and to see that Bicker and the Myrcans were already awake and fixing breakfast . |
| 27 | He opened his eyes upon discreet candle-light , upon a small room hung with tapestries and green fir-boughs that smelled of spice and resin and open air ; and upon a girl 's face bent solicitously over him . |
| 28 | When I approached and held a piece of chicken out to him he opened his eyes in surprise and at first refused to take it . |
| 29 | He opened his eyes in darkness and for a horrific moment he was completely adrift , not knowing what was happening or where — or who — he was . |
| 30 | He opened his eyes in darkness . |