Example sentences of "[verb] his [adj] eyes " in BNC.
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| 1 | For several minutes they drove in silence , then Tom began to speak his thoughts aloud , glancing briefly at Belinda every now and then but mostly keeping his narrowed eyes firmly fixed on the road . |
| 2 | His hand curved around her face , tilting it up , and Jenna had no option but to meet his dark eyes . |
| 3 | She had been addressing her half-eaten Danish pastry , unable to meet his penetrating eyes as she delivered her little speech . |
| 4 | A slow deliberate talker , he fixed his small eyes on the subject he was conversing with , as though exerting a hypnotic effect . |
| 5 | He rested his head against the wall and fixed his dark eyes on her uplifted face . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh … ’ began Sally-Anne furiously , and then caught his twinkling eyes , and one raised eyebrow — He was waiting , she knew , to see how she would react . |
| 7 | She placed her knife and fork on to her plate at last and looked up to find his sparkling eyes upon her . |
| 8 | He let his dark eyes drift over her sodden figure , over the T-shirt , now quite transparent , which clung to her wetly , displaying a pair of nipples that stuck out like doorknobs . |
| 9 | Leaning on the edge of his table , he let his hollow eyes rest on Nicholas . |
| 10 | The sequence begins when Cassio , brought to Desdemona by Emilia ( the unwitting intermediary of evil ) , leaves in some embarrassment when he sees Othello and Iago approach : Iago moves from an upper plane ( Signifier ) to a lower ( Signified ) , from perception to interpretation : subtly doubting the former — Was that Cassio leaving your wife ? — so that Othello , who thinks he can trust his own eyes , takes the latter — so guiltily — with it , accepting a — false ! — linguistic sign . |
| 11 | He had acquired a deep mahogany tan which accentuated his deep-blue eyes . |
| 12 | Stephen had turned his smiling eyes towards his friend 's face , flattered by his confidence and won over to sympathy by the speaker 's simple accent . ’ |
| 13 | He smiled thinly , let his narrowed eyes coolly appraise the hard-looking young man beside him . |
| 14 | Ranulf let his own eyes droop . |
| 15 | Christie demanded , not believing his own eyes . |
| 16 | For once she had n't meant to be provocative , but Fen swore explosively and rage such as she had never seen filled his dark eyes . |
| 17 | Haavikko stared back at Karr , meeting his grey eyes unflinchingly . |
| 18 | Maxim turned his red-rimmed eyes at George winced with pain even at the feeble car light and shut them again . |
| 19 | Francis turned his bulging eyes on her : ‘ What would be the point of that ? ’ |
| 20 | The Captain turned his hooded eyes full on Mr Lambert who hesitated then said awkwardly : |
| 21 | Rex turned his terrified eyes from the impending horrors below . |
| 22 | Sellin' baby clothes , old thing , and Matey — ’ he turned his bright eyes on his old governess and nurse — ‘ still with him , eh ? |
| 23 | He turned his wicked eyes on her , and she was captured by their sinful promises instantly . |
| 24 | He turned his own eyes away and tried not to think about it . |
| 25 | His brows rose as he turned his brown eyes upon her . |
| 26 | He would just walk on , holding her hand and letting her lead him , turning his head a bit so she would n't see his closed eyes and keeping the sun on his left cheek as an additional guide . |
| 27 | Why , ’ he asked , trying to focus his bleary eyes on Corbett , ‘ Why do you ask all these questions ? ’ |
| 28 | But Fergie 's latest exploits have opened his sleepy eyes to what those tatty holiday snaps actually reveal . |
| 29 | Rodomonte opened his streaming eyes tentatively . |
| 30 | Burden opened his pale-blue eyes wide . |