Example sentences of "[verb] eye [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Kamichika , Japan has eyes only for its technology while it continues to ignore the increasingly urgent problems posed by unbridled economic growth , such as pollution and cultural estrangement . |
| 2 | The action takes place in tough Dodge City , Kansas during the 1880s , and centres on the lives and experiences of five people : Matt Dillon , the dauntless and fearless United States Marshal ; Kitty Russell , proprietress of the Longbranch Saloon , a woman with a heart of gold who has eyes only for Dillon ; Chester Goode , Matt 's deputy ; Doc Galen Adams , the kindly , dedicated physician ; and Festus Haggen , Matt 's unkempt , hillbilly deputy . |
| 3 | He turned eyes hard with disgust on Dana , and Claudia was n't at all surprised when her sister mumbled that Garry was waiting for her in a café in the main street . |
| 4 | From the very first , as soon as he had held her , he had had eyes only for her . |
| 5 | What Alianor had failed to realize was that , under the sombre cloak , she was wearing a new and quite beautiful pale-pink gown trimmed with dark fur — a gown such as few maidservants would set eyes on in a lifetime , much less wear . |
| 6 | Always used to receiving admiring glances from men , Laura had n't known whether to be pleased or not when the doctor had completely ignored her — clearly having eyes only for Julie . |
| 7 | But the big success of the evening was Freda 's — she ended up by getting engaged to a Flying Officer navigator whom she had never set eyes on until that night . |
| 8 | Amabel had never exchanged a word with an actress in her life and had never even set eyes before on a divorced woman . |
| 9 | Charity was quite accustomed to her cousin 's eliciting rather dramatic responses from the male population , but was a little discomfited when Nelson , a tall , rangy boy with sandy hair and nice looks , seemed to have eyes only for her . |
| 10 | But the girls had eyes only for Dana 's beauty and sexy demeanour , which that night was particularly James Deanish . |
| 11 | I had eyes only for my beautiful Flavia . |
| 12 | She had eyes only for him ; as they twirled around , they were joking together , and were clearly very much in love . |
| 13 | I had eyes only for her but Benjamin was all agog with interest in the room and kept looking around , murmuring his admiration . |
| 14 | They had eyes only for the journey downwards , now , and battle-fervour , love and pride had long since been sucked from them , leaving them soulless husks : in bronze , or leather , fur-cloaked or bright trousered . |
| 15 | It was as if they were the only two people on earth ; oblivious to the crowds who poured from the factory entrances as the day shift ended and who milled around them , they had eyes only for each other . |