Example sentences of "[verb] eye on [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
2 | She placed a cup of coffee in front of him , but Travis was still letting go with everything that had been tearing away at him ever since he had first clapped eyes on Rosemary . |
3 | Ever since I laid eyes on Dominic Wetherby I 've been unable to rest . |
4 | ‘ You 're going to regret the day you ever laid eyes on Matthew , ’ Sandra hissed . |
5 | Golf : Seve has eye on Player 's record |
6 | Imagine my father 's feelings , knowing that he 'd probably never set eyes on Venice again , ’ she said , her emotions making the words husky . |
7 | For if I have my way , when this custody suit is over you 'll never set eyes on Kirsty again . ’ |
8 | ‘ I never set eyes on Parmiggiani 's installation ’ |
9 | From the first moment I set eyes on Frankenstein , at the hotel in Sècheron , I had the impression of a man with a burdensome secret . |
10 | Somehow she doubted whether sharing with Sandra the fact that she already did regret the day she 'd first laid eyes on Matthew would be helpful to anyone . |
11 | What she was thinking was that , unlike her memory block with Arnie , she could n't imagine ever forgetting the first time she 'd laid eyes on Guido . |
12 | So , when he 'd first laid eyes on Judith — she 'd been sitting behind a desk at his accountant 's offices , her beauty all the more luminous for its drab setting — his first thought was : I want this woman ; his second : she wo n't want me . |
13 | And I 've never laid eyes on Vera . ’ |
14 | Sybil had never even set eyes on Rodney so they could n't possibly suspect him of her murder , now could they ? |
15 | Erika , who had never set eyes on Hetta in her life , stoutly agreed , and even Paul , making a dishevelled appearance , said with his new courtliness that he would like to meet her , causing Frau Nordern to raise a sceptical eyebrow and warn him not to be sarcastic at that time of the morning . |
16 | It was not difficult for Laura to remember the first time she had set eyes on Ross Wyndham , because it had also been the day of her cousin 's wedding . |
17 | Ronni had barely set eyes on Guido for days . |
18 | THE first Essex Senior Cup final , in 1884 , saw Colchester beat Braintree 3–1 but the garrison town has never set eyes on Signor Fattorini 's masterpiece since . |
19 | Not for the first time , she wished Great-Aunt Alicia had never set eyes on Matthew Preston . |
20 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
21 | Now I comes to think on it , I 've not set eyes on Black Will since afore we went to the Garden Tower last evening . ’ |
22 | From that day to this Adam had never set eyes on Mary Gage and had hardly ever thought of her . |
23 | Within a few weeks of setting eyes on Judith he had managed to supersede Zacharias in her affections , and the three had dwindled to a blissful two . |
24 | As soon as she set eyes on Giles Carnaby again she knew that whatever it was it was not a case of cure ; her heart thumped , she felt unstable . |
25 | Once he set eyes on Albert , he knew that the old man was very sick indeed . |