Example sentences of "her eye [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 2 | But it was her eyes that startled me . |
| 3 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 4 | He followed her eyes but found she was only staring at a door . |
| 5 | She opened her eyes and saw him . |
| 6 | Held against his heart , feeling the steady beat beneath her cheek , she closed her eyes and let it wash over her in soothing waves . |
| 7 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 8 | She threw her head back , shaking the limp hair out of her eyes and challenged him : ‘ Well , would you have turned it down ? ’ |
| 9 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 10 | The terrace tiles were already warm under her bare feet ; the sunlight , when she looked towards it , stung her eyes and made them water . |
| 11 | Jane closed her eyes and made her mind a blank ; Lucinda sighed tremulously , and from her seat in the window Vi coughed nervously , yet the glass remained stubbornly still . |
| 12 | Then he bathed her eyes and made her a cup of tea . |
| 13 | She was very tired ; an uncharacteristic wave of sentimentality — of pity , almost , for all living things , brought tears to her eyes and made her want to clasp her arms round Caro . |
| 14 | Elinor narrowed her eyes and swung her straight black hair out behind her like a scarf . |
| 15 | Fenella felt ridiculous tears sting her eyes and brushed them away impatiently because this was no time to be emotional . |
| 16 | She was surprised to feel tears mist her eyes and brushed them quickly away , hoping that he would n't notice . |
| 17 | But when she looked back at him he saw the hatred in her eyes and knew he had been right . |
| 18 | Sighing wearily , Beth opened her eyes and told her , ‘ You 're right , Peggy . |
| 19 | She closed her eyes and told him he was wonderful . |
| 20 | The Lamia also had a peculiar ability to take out her eyes and hold them in her hand . |
| 21 | But she put it to her eyes and brought it away streaked black and green . |
| 22 | Then he smiled into her eyes and lowered her slowly to her feet . |
| 23 | It was then that the lump in her throat would break and spill the tears from her eyes and cause her to make choking sounds which she did not try to prevent , knowing they would not penetrate Mrs Aggie 's deep snoring . |
| 24 | She opened her eyes and cursed him for disturbing her silent thoughts . |
| 25 | Tod and I reclined on the wrung bedding as Irene advanced into the room , holding a tightly gripped paper tissue to her eyes and calling us a piece of shit . |
| 26 | She closed her eyes and played it back , as if from a great height . |
| 27 | When he let her go she stared up at him with anguish in her eyes and heard him swear roughly , viciously . |
| 28 | His mouth met hers and her shocked little gasp turned to a moan of hunger as she closed her eyes and kissed him at last , at last , and the brandy glass fell from her hands , shattering at their feet as her arms went around his neck , her mouth opening hungrily beneath his , her hands in his black hair , her body pressing against his as they clung together with intolerable necessity , unaware of the fragments of glass they trampled as Damian pressed her tighter , tighter until there was not an inch between their bodies . |
| 29 | Then she smiled , stroking Melanie 's face again , so tenderly that Melanie closed her eyes and imagined it was her own mother caressing her or any mother caressing any child . |
| 30 | She put an arm across her eyes and opened them beneath it , seeing him in such a way that he could never be certain whether she had looked or not , naked and hairy and black as she might have imagined , thick-set and arrogant and very ready — that much at least was certain — to take her without any further preamble . |