Example sentences of "[verb] [art] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was scored by awarding one point for each step as follows : unscrewing bottle lid , tilting head back , gently pulling lower eyelid down , occluding the punctum , aiming accurately , avoiding hand shaking , squeezing bottle , not touching the eye with the bottle and blinking gently and slowly . |
| 2 | This mixture of sizes did nothing to detract from the overall beauty of the place ; rather they gave interest , drawing the eye to different shapes and heights . |
| 3 | He just looked so intolerably sexy , lounging on the white sofa , his body lean and powerful , the open-necked black polo shirt drawing the eye to that muscle-packed chest , his black jeans enhancing his long legs . |
| 4 | According to the crew of a USAF storm-tracking WC-130 Hercules which penetrated the eye of the hurricane just before it struck Homestead , peak wind speed was 170 knots and pressure dropped to 993 millibars . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ It 's frightening to see the eye of the storm taking a direct aim at you . ’ |
| 6 | Became the eye of the Goddess . |
| 7 | The toes pointed slightly outwards and so did the shoes , a pair of the finest winkle-pickers that ever threaded the eye of a needle . |
| 8 | Its tall arcading and tiled floors led the eye to a magnificent altar of great width and height , the Caen stone decorated by alabaster and marble . |
| 9 | They act as though no sexy young woman has ever trod those cobbled streets before , although the nubile daughter of the drunken town bully ( Peter Vaughan ) walks around in the mini-est of mini-skirts especially catching the eye of the long-haired village idiot ( David Warner ) , who has already molested young girls . |
| 10 | Tea for two , and a glass of water , ’ she commanded , catching the eye of a passing waiter . |
| 11 | Catching the eye at Brough is newcomer Bretts Dream Girl , which has won two of her four races since arriving from Ireland . |
| 12 | There was an added incentive this year for the students as it was their last opportunity to catch the eye of Sue Rich , captain and selector of the British Team for the World Student Games which take place later this year . |
| 13 | Janice , from her vantage point , managed to catch the eye of a boy to whom she had spoken on the boat , and terrorized , fascinated , he responded to her insinuations and oglings and came over to ask her for the pleasure of her hand . |
| 14 | This small characin can be seen in all dealers ' tanks , their fluorescence guaranteed to catch the eye of fishkeepers . |
| 15 | I always take a bottle of claret and a meat pie to help me through the service and , when it 's finished , I gaze around to catch the eye of some pretty maid . |
| 16 | Y'know if you wan na have a go , you wan na say something , then you make quite subtle gestures to catch the eye of somebody and so on . |
| 17 | It might not be what the average first-time buyer had in mind , but the latest property to go in the window at Hobbs and Chambers estate agents is sure to catch the eye of passers-by . |
| 18 | Betty McCaw , who lives out Templepatrick way , tells me she was in the electricity showrooms the other day when she happened to catch the eye of another woman in the queue . |
| 19 | Aquatic initiative , resuscitation and first aid , line throwing and swim and tow … it 's in all four disciplines that marks are given in competition , and Smith and Miss Stead were n't the only medal-winners to catch the eye at Queen 's . |
| 20 | They drew the eye to One Tree Hill , now forested over , and from this clump , at Chested , he could look back over the top of Chiddingstone Castle to another clump at Mark Beech beyond . |
| 21 | The table drew the eye like an altar . |
| 22 | In 1934 he made his Warwickshire debut , and quickly caught the eye as a hard-hitting middle-order batsman . |
| 23 | Johnson , who caught the eye on the England A tour of the Caribbean recently , had batted 110 minutes for his 53 and hit eight boundaries . |
| 24 | Moscow Sea , making his first appearance of the season , caught the eye on his debut last October , running on strongly to finish one and a half lengths third to Bob 's Return . |
| 25 | The 47-year-old rocker 's glasses caught the eye at a glittering showbiz charity ball in Hollywood — where he and Rachel were a focus of attention all night . |
| 26 | The group quickly gained substantial influence ; its success reflected upon Mr Lo , whose abilities caught the eye of the colonial government . |
| 27 | Finding the charms of the private sector unexpectedly resistible , he returned to government , and subsequently caught the eye of Sir Edward Youde , the Governor of Hong Kong from 1982-85 . |
| 28 | So I just sat watching the passing scene until I caught the eye of a waiter and ordered some wine . |
| 29 | And it was the Miniature Poodle which caught the eye of well-known judge Jean Lanning , with the Lhasa Apso reserve . |
| 30 | The fashionably turned out Kylie caught the eye of many boys at Camberwell . |