Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] eye on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since I laid eyes on Dominic Wetherby I 've been unable to rest . |
| 2 | But I did n't think of anything else since the first moment I laid eyes on you , either . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A rum fellow , ’ the doctor had said , ‘ if ever I clapped eyes on one . ’ |
| 5 | I fell madly in love with this area of Scotland the first time I set eyes on it , and subsequently crawled all over it for years , marvelling at how many caves Bonnie Prince Charlie managed to occupy in his escape from the Redcoats . |
| 6 | ‘ From the moment I set eyes on you I have n't been able to think of anything else . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You were mine — I knew that as soon as I set eyes on you . |
| 9 | But as soon as I set eyes on you all rational thought deserted me . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted her the minute I set eyes on her . ’ |
| 11 | Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him ; Martin Speight is beginning to weld patience and big numbers to his undoubted ability and bottomless well of self-belief ; and if a fractured ankle has set the seal on Adrian Jones 's dispiriting season there has been consolation in the imposing shape of Ed Giddins . |
| 12 | But before I clap eyes on his miserable face , I intend to down as many cups of sack as I can ! |
| 13 | She knew me to be a rogue as soon as she clapped eyes on me and , whilst her father ushered me to a seat , she watched girlishly out of the corner of her eye . |
| 14 | No sooner did she set eyes on the gentleman than she recognised his pecuniary position to be merely temporary . |
| 15 | ‘ At least she is n't going to throw another wobbly the second she sets eyes on you … but she 's not going to like the idea of leaving tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 17 | Eachuin Odhar and his grandson spent much effort on dodging her , for whenever she set eyes on them she tried new tunics on them . |
| 18 | Nutty 's eyes gleamed when she set eyes on the professional Sergeant Potter with four pistols in boxes and a load of shot and a thick wad of targets . |
| 19 | She had known when she set eyes on them that they were nothing to do with the Smoke and nothing to do with the expedition that was preparing . |
| 20 | She seemed to have taken to the Foundling child the moment she set eyes on her , and there was no doubt in Betty 's mind that Corrie was the sole reason for her being offered the work . |
| 21 | She had loved Connor from the day she set eyes on him ; and he loved her too , though as long as she was his brother 's wife , he would never admit it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time . |
| 24 | She 'd turn and run if she set eyes on me … but I thought … ’ |
| 25 | To her dismay , as she pushed open the door of the treatment-room the first person she set eyes on was David Markham . |
| 26 | And bobbying and what it means , if you have eye on writing this sort of book , is what you will first have to absorb to the very marrow of your bones . |
| 27 | ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on . |
| 28 | The moment we set eyes on each other … six years ago . ’ |
| 29 | What I suppose I imagined was that it would all be plain sailing from the moment we set eyes on each other . ’ |
| 30 | There were men and women there who looked narrowly at Adam when they clapped eyes on him , and being alone with him in quiet places called him tentatively by name . |