Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] eye [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Reflected in the half opened eyes of the man who lay dying on the thick rug of his apartment .
2 the girl had eyes for no one
3 He gave no sign that he had seen Lorton , but he probably had ; Fred had eyes in the back of his head .
4 But when Harry clapped eyes on her , he knew something was not right : the colour , the beak , the size .
5 There were moments when he took on too much ; and although I pursued the matter of our volume only because he had invited me to do so , I soon realized that I was asking more than I should have done , especially as I was uncertain at any moment whether my collaborators saw eye to eye with me about the scope of our project .
6 Dublin scored 70 goals for long-ball specialists Cambridge , but his arrival raised eyes with the Old Trafford faithful fed on the dazzling exploits of Best , Charlton and Law .
7 There was no doubt of her employer 's beguilement , she thought , as Lady Merchiston set eyes on the visitor coming into her room behind Miss Kyte .
8 Torn Sunday colour supplements made eyes at her from the railings .
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