Example sentences of "[to-vb] our eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , there is some degree of selfdetermination in the ship case because we are free to shut our eyes , to cross the river and see it move from right to left , free to jump into the water and watch it coming towards us , free to determine the speed with which it passes across our visual field by moving our eyes with or against its movement . |
| 2 | Such social processes make us aware how immensely powerful are the mechanisms of denial , the psychological capacity to shut our eyes and ears to matters which are too painful to be contemplated and which create for practitioners ethical and professional dilemmas which are hard to resolve . |
| 3 | In our view , we ought not to shut our eyes to these facts , or mask the dark sides of tsarist activities , or look for a justification for them in the need to protect Russian settlements from nomad onslaughts , and in the voevody 's disobedience to the tsar , etc . |
| 4 | The result was so spectacular that those of us in the front line who were showered with debris turned up at future games wearing motorbike goggles to protect our eyes and in honour of our hero . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've got to keep our eyes open , ’ said Otley . |
| 6 | Nevertheless we were very glad to have someone to talk to in the long reaches of the night when we were struggling to keep our eyes open . |
| 7 | The fumes from the coke had the effect of making us dopy , so that it was even more difficult to keep our eyes open . |
| 8 | If we want to understand and possess the Spirit in his fullness , we need to keep our eyes firmly on Christ himself , for it is to him that all the Spirit 's authentic witness is directed . |
| 9 | If the Chief those to also want to improve passenger comfort but let me say in spite of all this er th th th the customer still favour and that is why we will be supporting the Labour resolution because it is about the state of it is about yes to keep our eyes and sort of providing a whole range of integrated public transport that goes along in parallel with that same . |
| 10 | Have to keep our eyes open for a decent er path cutter , hedge cutter you know ? |
| 11 | If this is the case , then it suggests that an important aspect of skilled reading is to avoid attending too closely to what is being fixated at any one moment , and to allow our eyes to be attracted to nearby interesting meanings . |
| 12 | Since 1979 we have just begun to have confidence in ourselves to raise our eyes to the horizon again . |
| 13 | She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf , and take an insect-view of its plain' . |
| 14 | ‘ It is tempting to close our eyes to the Livesey case but , say what you will , it would be bad police Practice . |
| 15 | This is because we try to move our eyes along the name , whereas the sign itself remains still . |