Example sentences of "[verb] her eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She strained her eyes into the broken circle of darkness , and a breath of ancient tension and fear seemed to issue chillingly from the hole the river had torn in history . |
| 2 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
| 3 | She was not grief-stricken the way she had been when her father died , but sorrow was a weight which kept her from opening her eyes on a world where she would sorely miss his company . |
| 4 | She sighed angrily , then narrowed her eyes into slits and stared at Buddie 's broad back . |
| 5 | Cleo narrowed her eyes at him in approximation of a sympathetic glance , although in her heart she felt no pity at all . |
| 6 | The woman narrowed her eyes at her . |
| 7 | The girl narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 8 | She did not resist , but narrowed her eyes at the children . |
| 9 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 10 | She narrowed her eyes at him over the coffee-table . |
| 11 | She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously . |
| 12 | It went pop , and Signe leaned forward into the candlelight so that all the customers could see her , and sipped at the champagne and narrowed her eyes at me in a gesture of passion that she had seen in some bad film . |
| 13 | She narrowed her eyes at him and warned him icily , ‘ If you 've come here with some idea of trying to block my petition to become Kirsty 's guardian , I warn you right now you 're wasting your time ! ’ |
| 14 | Shiona sat back in her seat and narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 15 | She narrowed her eyes at Guido . |
| 16 | Ronni narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 17 | Ronni narrowed her eyes at him . |
| 18 | Kelly narrowed her eyes with mock suspicion . |
| 19 | The superintendent narrowed her eyes with puzzlement . |
| 20 | Then she leant back and narrowed her eyes with concentration . |
| 21 | Signe narrowed her eyes to slits and sucked her cheeks in a grotesque imitation of a girl in a fashion magazine . |
| 22 | The girl in the Chinese house-coat narrowed her eyes upon the central figure in the tableau before her , and the supple lines of her face sharpened into crystal , and lost their smiling gaiety . |
| 23 | Her mind was floating over turquoise waves and she narrowed her eyes against an ocean that sparkled silver all the way to the horizon . |
| 24 | What about , for example — ’ and she cast her eyes around her assembly , seeing reprieve , in the approaching form of Edgar Lintot , her first husband , ‘ what about Edgar ? |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't cry , Tory , you 'll look like a boiled owl , ’ he advised , mopping her eyes with his handkerchief . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's what I thought , ’ Dana said , mopping her eyes with a corner of the towel . |
| 27 | Rose ignored her , keeping her eyes on the rattling carriage , holding herself in a permanent half crouch , like a sprinter at the starting post . |
| 28 | Flavia turned away , took a few steps , came back and stood still : keeping her eyes on Andrée 's face she said with complete intensity , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 29 | My blaster , ’ she said , backing towards a wall and keeping her eyes on the widening gap between the doors . |
| 30 | Swallowing hard , she crawled once more under the rail and inched forward , keeping her eyes on the ground as she went . |