Example sentences of "eyes [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bodie laughed , and Ray Doyle 's eyes twinkled with a momentary amusement . |
| 2 | ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job . |
| 3 | Brown eyes gleamed in a straight face as he shrugged . |
| 4 | Her blue eyes glowed with a rebellious light . |
| 5 | Her face was ashen and her amber eyes glowed with the pent-up anger which was now released in a torrent of words . |
| 6 | His eyes glowed with an extraordinary fervour . |
| 7 | The religious officer 's artificial sapphire eyes glowed with an inner light as he gazed at Lexandro . |
| 8 | Her eyes gazed at the yellow light on the ceiling . |
| 9 | A bitter smile crossed his face as his eyes ranged over the top men in the giant corporation . |
| 10 | Her eyes peered towards the deep end , where Nails was holding his brother down and the lifeguard was getting worried . |
| 11 | His eyes flickered over the bulging hold-all . |
| 12 | Yuan 's eyes flickered at the vocative title ‘ sei-sen ’ — ‘ sword bearer ’ . |
| 13 | Doyle 's eyes flickered to the nearest table behind Rosie . |
| 14 | For a split second he looked oddly vulnerable , but then he pushed himself up in the bed , her wary eyes lingered on the naked gold of his shoulders , and she quickly changed her mind . |
| 15 | Her eyes darted round the little room , taking everything in . |
| 16 | His small dark eyes darted around the smoke-filled room , looking for a friendly face , but they were all closed and impassive . |
| 17 | His eyes swivelled in an old panic , trying to look inwards . |
| 18 | His eyes swivelled in an old panic , trying to look inwards . |
| 19 | She gazed again at the peaceful scene in front of her until her eyes rested on an old Severn Punt lying high and dry on the foreshore . |
| 20 | The old man 's eyes shone with a mad light . |
| 21 | His face was deathly white , and his eyes shone with an unearthly light . |
| 22 | Her eyes shone in the warm tallow light . |
| 23 | Her eyes flared at the stinging insult , only too aware that he outstripped her professionally . |
| 24 | Her eyes flared with a fierce rush of temper . |
| 25 | His eyes blazed with a sudden fury , and as she cringed away from him in horror he took a deep breath and ruthlessly controlled himself till nothing but the white-boned knuckles showed his internal rage . |
| 26 | The man 's hair was long and stringy and his eyes blazed like a charismatic actor 's . |
| 27 | Nuadu 's eyes went to the other captives and Fenella at once said , ‘ Yes , of course , all of you . |
| 28 | Neither Matthew nor the girl was aware that she had come into the room , and as Beth 's eyes went from the unique expression of wonder on the boy 's handsome face , to the girl 's slender form … the small budding breasts , and the young limbs that were already shaping into those of a young woman … a strange sense of revulsion shivered through her . |
| 29 | Then , as his sharp eyes took in the unnatural stiffness of the other two and their frozen expressions , he groaned with mock-consternation . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're more assertive and — ’ his dark eyes fell to the impassioned rise and fall of her chest beneath the cotton T-shirt ‘ — your breasts are fuller . ’ |