Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Instead of flicking my eyes toward the exit door , I shook my head no . |
2 | Perk up at thought of dear Tom snatching hour to gaze into my eyes over Ploughman 's Lunch at The Trout . |
3 | I slid my eyes over the gent she had accessorising her . |
4 | I opened my eyes into a black web . |
5 | There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society . |
6 | ‘ No , ’ I sighed , opening my eyes as a series of splashes announced another chaotic event on the spillway . |
7 | I could not believe my eyes as every film , one after the other , that I lifted dripping from the hypo , was totally and absolutely blank . |
8 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
9 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
10 | On her last visit I 'd been unable to take my eyes off her gold earrings and her bangles . |
11 | I ca n't take my eyes off this beautiful woman and as if sensing my gaze she hurries off to the adjoining room to get dressed . |
12 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
13 | You know , I have n't been able to take my eyes off you ever since you came to our office . ’ |
14 | The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him . |
15 | ‘ And I never take my eyes off him during the show . |
16 | When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore . |
17 | That does n't stop Ca n't Get Used To Losing You , Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You and Home Loving Man being all-time classics . |
18 | There 's no real hurry , it 's not till 11.30 ) chatting brightly to hide the hollow empty absence of anything at all in the way of feeling , and kept my eyes off Toby 's face which had a look on it as if someone were dragging his insides out . |
19 | Finally , without taking my eyes off the flowers , I may move the vase closer , or walk around the table and look at the flowers from different angles . |
20 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
21 | A waiter was approaching from behind her , I noticed , without taking my eyes off hers ; I felt the grin broaden on my lips . |
22 | ‘ I should keep you here , lock you up in my cave , never take my eyes off you . |
23 | I could n't take my eyes off her as she swivelled to rinse the mud from her legs , then flexed her arms , swept back her hair to shake it , and the motion rippled through her body . |
24 | I could n't take my eyes off him at the office and five o'clock was such a wrench — all those hours before I would see him again . |
25 | ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear . |
26 | I knew that , as I had no intention of taking my eyes off it . |
27 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
28 | my eyes off the road . |
29 | I opened my eyes under water and saw the ghost-like shape of Harvey against the darkness all around . |
30 | and my eyes under here were black and I |