Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie was shown into a very expensive flat that overlooked the river and she had one of her rare glimpses of the owner as he stood with his back to a roaring fire and regarded her through eyes that were just as sharp as they had ever been in his youth . |
| 2 | No , you do n't need to do it by eye . |
| 3 | The Customs officer tilted his head to one side , observing her through eyes slitted against the smoke . |
| 4 | At either side of her stood a faithful attendant , one being a confidential maid , the other a Miss Drake — an old , mittened companion , hardly younger in appearance than herself — both of whom watched her with eyes of solicitous reverence , and seemed always ready to collapse into quasi-religious curtseys . |
| 5 | She was accosted by a make-up girl who fluffed about with powder and asked her about eye make-up . |
| 6 | He lay watching me with eyes that were at last getting drowsy . |
| 7 | And she could not sort out her brain while he stood less than a foot away , watching her with eyes that gave away nothing of his own thoughts . |
| 8 | She swallowed and wondered if she should pull her hand away , but as Jake continued to hold it against his cheek , watching her with eyes that suddenly threatened to swallow her , she was aware that all at once her hand had become paralysed . |
| 9 | He was watching her with eyes that blazed , not with passion but with cold satisfaction . |
| 10 | But more frequently it arose that , in the absence of a policewoman , the female field-worker was relied upon for comfort by female members of the public , engaging her in eye contact to find what they expected would be a special ‘ feminine ’ understanding and reassurance . |