Example sentences of "[verb] the eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in this way that he was thinking when , with Lili by his side and their suitcases on a trolley he would abandon at the tube-station entrance , he looked up and met the eyes of Adam Verne-Smith . |
| 2 | Negotiating a turn to accomplish this , his eyes momentarily met the eyes of his captor again in the rear-view mirror . |
| 3 | Patrick looked round and met the eyes of the Detective Sergeant . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Visual : using the eyes as receptors . |
| 6 | ‘ Situations ’ , Elizabeth wrote , ‘ I have sometimes taken from life , as a jumping-off point : but imagining myself into another world , using the eyes of the people I am creating is what my writing has chiefly been about . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ It 's frightening to see the eye of the storm taking a direct aim at you . ’ |
| 11 | Screw the hooks into the trellis , attaching the eyes to the wall or fence . |
| 12 | But lets just notice two or three things in this particular interview , the first thing that we see and its so obvious is that the way of salvation is so wondrously simple , it could n't be easier , you know there are so many people who think it is hard to get saved , who think it is hard to come to Christ and to become a Christian , well the problem is you see the devil has blinded their eyes , they 've blinded the eyes of men and women , so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what is actually happened , Paul tells us in , in , in Carinthians in the first er , in to Carinthians in chapter four and verse four , he says the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of god , and there is this shroud , this covering , but the thing is god takes that away so that we can see and so its not difficult to become a Christian , it is not hard to get saved , sometimes as Christians we are guilty of making it difficult for people to become Christians , we put all sorts of rules in , we , we make them undergo various periods of er , of probation before we wer we 've were , were willing to call them Christians , remember the Philippine jailer he cried out there to the apostle Paul who was er in jail there with Silus the , the be , the tremendous earthquake and they were released all their vetoers was , were broken and the prisoners were all , could of escaped and the ja , the Philippine jailer he cries out a question that I 'm sure he does n't even know what he means when he calls it out , he 's not thinking of heaven , he 's not thinking of the future life , he 's not thinking of having his sins dealt with but he just cries out what must I do to be saved and the apostle Paul and he gets , opens the scrolls and he starts in genesis and he explains the plan of salvation and he tells him what he 's got to do and he explains all the requirements and then about three or four hours later the mans mind is completely blurred he does n't understand a word of it , its gone way beyond him |
| 13 | But lets just notice two or three things in this particular interview , the first thing that we see and its so obvious is that the way of salvation is so wondrously simple , it could n't be easier , you know there are so many people who think it is hard to get saved , who think it is hard to come to Christ and to become a Christian , well the problem is you see the devil has blinded their eyes , they 've blinded the eyes of men and women , so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what is actually happened , Paul tells us in , in , in Carinthians in the first er , in to Carinthians in chapter four and verse four , he says the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of god , and there is this shroud , this covering , but the thing is god takes that away so that we can see and so its not difficult to become a Christian , it is not hard to get saved , sometimes as Christians we are guilty of making it difficult for people to become Christians , we put all sorts of rules in , we , we make them undergo various periods of er , of probation before we wer we 've were , were willing to call them Christians , remember the Philippine jailer he cried out there to the apostle Paul who was er in jail there with Silus the , the be , the tremendous earthquake and they were released all their vetoers was , were broken and the prisoners were all , could of escaped and the ja , the Philippine jailer he cries out a question that I 'm sure he does n't even know what he means when he calls it out , he 's not thinking of heaven , he 's not thinking of the future life , he 's not thinking of having his sins dealt with but he just cries out what must I do to be saved and the apostle Paul and he gets , opens the scrolls and he starts in genesis and he explains the plan of salvation and he tells him what he 's got to do and he explains all the requirements and then about three or four hours later the mans mind is completely blurred he does n't understand a word of it , its gone way beyond him |
| 14 | Well the problem is , you see , the devil has blinded their eyes , he had blinded the eyes of men and women so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what has actual happened , Paul tells us , i i in , in Corinthians in the first er , in Two Corinthians in chapter four , and verse four , he says , the God of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of God . |
| 15 | Well the problem is , you see , the devil has blinded their eyes , he had blinded the eyes of men and women so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what has actual happened , Paul tells us , i i in , in Corinthians in the first er , in Two Corinthians in chapter four , and verse four , he says , the God of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of God . |
| 16 | Became the eye of the Goddess . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Tea for two , and a glass of water , ’ she commanded , catching the eye of a passing waiter . |
| 21 | Catching the eye at Brough is newcomer Bretts Dream Girl , which has won two of her four races since arriving from Ireland . |
| 22 | Authoritative mother , gracious mistress of this house , she rose , gathering the eyes of non-existent guests ( for she would not look near Dada or Aunt Tossie ) , indicating that luncheon was over and coffee would be in the drawing room . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This small characin can be seen in all dealers ' tanks , their fluorescence guaranteed to catch the eye of fishkeepers . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |