Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is the provision of lifting eyes on the edge of the cross member for lifting by crane or helicopter . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I mean , if somebody was petrified of setting eyes on the youth again , then it would n't do them much good , for him to be sent to make good what damage he 's done to their house , or , |
| 4 | BRAZIL gently teased Holland 's irregulars in the rains of Rotterdam last night without feeling the need to reveal the full range of their attacking talents for the benefit of prying eyes from Scotland and England . |
| 5 | BRAZIL teased and tantalised Holland 's irregulars in Rotterdam last night without feeling the need to reveal the full range of their talents for the benefit of prying eyes from Scotland and England . |
| 6 | He sat and squinted through watering eyes at a coloured , enlarged picture of himself on the wall ahead of him . |
| 7 | It was several paralysed seconds before Meredith 's befogged brain registered what he was doing , and by then she was staring with darkening eyes at a beautifully toned naked chest . |
| 8 | The third , a skinny matron with popping eyes under a feathered bonnet , gaped at her . |
| 9 | But how much more imposing must they have been when their eye sockets were equipped with staring eyes of black obsidian and white coral . |
| 10 | For some time after he had gone , Emmie stared with smarting eyes at the ceiling , humming casually under her breath . |
| 11 | A tiny lizard watched me with unblinking eyes from a rock beside the lagoon , while above the trees the red tin church roof shimmered bright in the sultry heat . |
| 12 | Even so , a perfectly-sighted Ted can suffer with streaming eyes for several reasons during the fall , so best play safe and make him some goggles from a pop bottle , as shown opposite . |
| 13 | Depending on which muscles are involuntarily clenched to suppress which feeling , for how long , and with what force , so people lay themselves open to the range of stress symptoms , from staring eyes to constipation ; from tics to migraines ; from vomiting to lower back pain ; from insomnia to nosebleeds . |
| 14 | It was sheltered from prying eyes by trees , in the very heart of that section of the Dresden Heide that Mitzer had purchased for the Party . |
| 15 | I 'm also sure that they 're well and truly hidden from prying eyes like yours or mine . ’ |