Example sentences of "[verb] their eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The return to rock means the supercession of demystification by re-mystification , giving people back their sense of worship , rather than forcibly opening their eyes to the nuts and bolts of how ‘ myth ’ is constructed . |
| 2 | But we hope that these impressions will at least bring some encouragement to the many friends we made who are working there , and that they may perhaps even help them by opening their eyes to some new possibilities based on experience elsewhere . |
| 3 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 4 | Surapee ( Su ) Karnasuta , a young Thai who helped Moira run the shop , had several Thai friends who were happy to train their eyes on potential shoplifters and were not afraid of speaking authoritatively to anyone they suspected of helping themselves . |
| 5 | Since the noises in the House of Commons in 1927 and 1928 , the bishops sanctioned or winked their eyes at various modifications which were sensible and did not mind that they were illegal . |
| 6 | They flash their eyes at each other so much you 'd think they were rehearsing a scene from Carmen . |
| 7 | Somebody got their eye on you , Biffo ! ’ |
| 8 | Furthermore , if speakers did not avert their eyes during the planning ( hesitant ) phases in their speech , there was a marked increase in speech disturbances . |
| 9 | They stopped talking when Groa entered , and she could feel their eyes on her back as she stood at the window , watching . |
| 10 | " Some people would give their eyes to — well , they 'd give a lot to have your eyesight at your age . " |
| 11 | Noting that the amateur code is still alive and well in Canada , Hadley nevertheless feels the time has come , as he says , for the powers-that-be to open their eyes to reality . |
| 12 | He meets their eyes with a look that almost confesses . |
| 13 | Their teacher has said that the project ‘ has opened their eyes to the problems that have to be met by the elderly and disabled . ’ |
| 14 | Besides , the Jews inspected the stars by night , turned their eyes towards them and invoked them in their prayers . |
| 15 | The other three turned their eyes on her like a trio of hanging judges . |
| 16 | But of course , the modernizers have got their eye on a bit of the Party operation in need of their attention . |
| 17 | Ever since the Portuguese annexed Goa in 1510 , the Europeans have had their eyes on or have in some ways dominated Asia and the Pacific ; Western ideas have triumphed here as everywhere else in the world . |
| 18 | ANYONE who has watched birds sleeping will have noticed that they frequently open their eyes for a moment , or ‘ peek ’ . |
| 19 | They made out a shadowy form in front of them , by shielding their eyes against the blinding glare . |
| 20 | He thought of the flares bursting like orange plums in the soot-black night , illuminating the trucks , the humped tanks , the upflung arms of waking men shielding their eyes from the glare . |
| 21 | The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we were n't there . |
| 22 | Apes do n't understand profit and in any case can never keep their eye on this ball . |
| 23 | ‘ Whilst recognising that staff in other parts of AEA would undoubtedly be more concerned , he and his colleagues in the UK and overseas subsidiaries knew that they had to ‘ Keep their eye on the ball , push ahead with product development , sell hard and achieve their demanding targets for growth . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You see , cariad , the gentlemen ca n't keep their eyes off you . ’ |
| 25 | That 's their problem , if they ca n't keep their eyes on the road . |
| 26 | The cubs will be released onto private estates where the staff can keep their eyes on them . |
| 27 | T. D. The discipline was tyranny but it was n't bad for us — two policemen walking along the road together , talking about women or football like everybody else , and they ca n't keep their eyes for crime or for offences being committed under their noses . |
| 28 | They can move their eyes in the sockets and most see colours as we do . |
| 29 | Worshippers used to avert their eyes from his statue when making a sacrifice to him , so deep was their respect for his fierce nature . |
| 30 | The term ‘ blindsight ’ was coined by Larry Weiskrantz at Oxford to describe perhaps the best known example of this dissociation , in which patients with damage to the visual areas of the cortex deny being able to see a visual stimulus while behaving in some respects as if they are processing it , for instance by moving their eyes in its direction . |