Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it is completely green with emerald or white spots , or it can be yellowish-green with a white band running from eye to tail , or even orange or wine-red with white stripes and spots and no green at all . |
| 2 | His wife Maggie kept on eye on him but said it was all right for a special occasion and that he could rejoin the pledge tomorrow . |
| 3 | Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs . |
| 4 | Although the height of terraces can be estimated by eye by an experienced observer in closely mapped country to a sufficient degree of accuracy , it is safer to determine the heights instrumentally . |
| 5 | When he dashed into the bathroom Wattling 's face was covered with blood , pouring from a gash that stretched from eye to chin . |
| 6 | Although it is quite reasonable to ask a human being to search by eye through a moderate number of drawings of artefacts it is not reasonable where thousands are involved . |
| 7 | Both sexes have a ‘ chin strap ’ which is made up of black and white and runs from eye to eye . |
| 8 | This creates the basic outlines and from there I work by eye with a small piping nozzle and several different colours of royal icing . |