Example sentences of "eyes [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scanned her tense expression , his eyes crinkled up against the sun . |
| 2 | It turns out that our animal was able to see in almost every direction — upwards , downwards , sideways and forwards , and even backwards , because the eyes bulged out beyond the line of the rest of the body . |
| 3 | The eyes gazed out from the screen . |
| 4 | His eyes flickered down to the gondola . |
| 5 | The reporter 's eyes flickered down to the floor . |
| 6 | Her eyes clouded over with the pain of the memories being allowed to surface after so many years of being ruthlessly suppressed . |
| 7 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
| 8 | A door opened and a light so bright and sudden it hurt their eyes spilled through from the back . |
| 9 | After turning the sausages and prodding the briquettes again he rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park , his eyes screwed up against the sun even though he was wearing a pair of prescription sunglasses . |
| 10 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
| 11 | Fierce Eyes went out into the storm and returned with the grandmother 's grizzled skull , the hair frozen into spikes which he broke off and cast on to the fire , where they sizzled , cooled , then flared . |
| 12 | Kebbel 's eyes drifted over to the window . |
| 13 | Ashley 's eyes drifted down from the screen and she frowned . |
| 14 | A row of yellow , baleful eyes looked down from the darkness among the rafters . |
| 15 | Silver-gilt hair flowed behind her , clear eyes looked out at the world and her fresh skin was tinted with delicate colour . |
| 16 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 17 | But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her . |
| 18 | Then his eyes strayed back to the Luggage . |
| 19 | Her wide blue eyes swept up at the waiter as if considering him . |
| 20 | Meredith 's eyes swept back to the island . |