Example sentences of "the corner of [pos pn] eye [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching Jamie out of the corner of her eye while she poured whisky for both of them , she reflected that it was all going very well . |
| 2 | It had been a mere moment of whiteness seen out of the corner of her eye but it had not moved purposefully like a horse does with a rider . |
| 3 | A single tear escaped from the corner of her eye but she made no move to look away . |
| 4 | She laughed a little nervously , unable to help noticing out of the corner of her eye that the little crowd which had gathered was melting rapidly away now that official help had arrived . |
| 5 | She looked up at me out of the corner of her eye and lowered her voice . |
| 6 | She saw the shadowy movement out of the corner of her eye and she was still reaching for her Beretta when she was struck heavily on the shoulder , knocking the Geiger-Muller counter from her hand . |
| 7 | She was about to reach for her drink when she caught sight of the car out of the corner of her eye as it pulled up on the opposite side of the road — a white BMW , identical to the one her uncle had . |
| 8 | ‘ Hilary 's not like that , ’ said Rose , struggling with a handful of vowels , but watching him from the corner of her eye as he made his way nonchalantly up the path . |
| 9 | Watching from the corner of her eye as he curled his fingers round it , she was both pleased and astonished by the look of surprise that crossed his face . |
| 10 | so they 're trying to corner it and it 's munching on grass quite happily , you could see it was watching a minute , but it was watching them away and I think er any minute it 's looking out the corner of its eye and then it 's just gon na go when he sees it getting closer . |
| 11 | People see advertisements out of the corner of their eye as they drive along a road or look through a newspaper or magazine ; they catch a glimpse of half a TV commercial round their wives ' or husbands ' broad backsides as the biscuits are brought in during a commercial break . |
| 12 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
| 13 | I heard the word ‘ Engländer ’ and saw from the corner of my eye that they were looking at me . |
| 14 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 15 | I could see him out of the corner of my eye and I thought , I 'm going to stick with him . |
| 16 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I glimpsed you out of the corner of my eye when I was talking to the porter . ’ |
| 18 | ’ When still she made no move , he chuckled and made as if to put the document away again , pausing when he saw out of the corner of his eye that she was returning to the desk , albeit hesitantly . |
| 19 | Joseph noticed out of the corner of his eye that Khai Dinh had risen from his seat and was walking slowly in his ponderous Ming boots towards the door . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't know what you 're talking about , ’ said Cardiff , seeing from the corner of his eye that Pearce was looking at him quizzically . |
| 21 | He began vaguely opening drawers and cupboards , trying to see out of the corner of his eye whether there were any more of Tessa 's belongings lying about the floor . |
| 22 | Devon Loch had appeared to take off right by the water jump , which the runners on the second circuit of the Grand National by-pass as they approach the winning post : had he caught that fence out of the corner of his eye and tried to jump it ? |
| 23 | Blood had begun to run into the corner of his eye and he blinked to try and clear his vision . |
| 24 | But Mr Watson said that Mr Ross saw the briefcase from the corner of his eye and did not see Mr Garvey . |
| 25 | Cranston glanced at Athelstan out of the corner of his eye and smiled at the barbed reminder what was true of Fulke and others in the Tower was also true of his relationship with the Lady Maude . |
| 26 | He looked out of the corner of his eye as he beckoned Athelstan into the parlour . |
| 27 | He watched his wife carefully out of the corner of his eye as she busied herself , stacking blankets , opening chests , replacing candles in their holders . |