Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] eye [prep] " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | She lifted eyes like gem-stones , ruby-bright in the light of the torches , black , surely , in full daylight . |
| 7 | She locked eyes with her daughter in the mirror . |
| 8 | The tingling of Tommaso 's breath in her ear persisted as she made her way home ; though she could see no one around her , she felt eyes at her back , sucking out her secrets like cupping glasses burning against her skin . |
| 9 | Kukuli was Quechua for ‘ beautiful bird ’ and even in the dim light of the carriage I could see she had eyes like stars . |
| 10 | If you sometimes wish you had eyes in the back of your head to see exactly what the children are getting up to in the back of the car , you 'll be pleased to hear about The Lane Changer from Automotive . |
| 11 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 12 | Eachuin Odhar and his grandson spent much effort on dodging her , for whenever she set eyes on them she tried new tunics on them . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She 'd turn and run if she set eyes on me … but I thought … ’ |
| 20 | To her dismay , as she pushed open the door of the treatment-room the first person she set eyes on was David Markham . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Frankie 's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he clapped eyes on the room and its contents , especially what was laid out on the table . |
| 23 | No other man had so eloquently and constantly spoken of the way I had haunted him from the first moment he cast eyes on me . |
| 24 | He had the Intelligence and the Security and the Branch all burrowing in their computers for an Englishman called Colt who wiped people for the cause of the Republic of Iraq , and he had sweet nothing to do , unless he went eye to eye with the mysteries of the thermostat . |
| 25 | She would bewitch him , until he had eyes for nothing but her . |
| 26 | Once he set eyes on Albert , he knew that the old man was very sick indeed . |
| 27 | He thought he had loved her from the moment he set eyes on her . |
| 28 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |