Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] eyes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr. Howarth ; a tall fair man , almost as tall as Dalgliesh himself , with widely spaced eyes of a remarkably deep blue and the lashes so long that they might have looked effeminate on any face less arrogantly male . |
| 2 | Here was the same long-boned face , the high cheekbones tapering to a pointed chin , the same widely spaced eyes with the droop of the left eyelid , the same long-fingered pale hands , the same steady but slightly ironic gaze . |
| 3 | It was a distinguished face with the deep-set , widely spaced eyes beneath straight brows , a well-shaped , rather secretive mouth and strong greying hair swept upwards and curled into a chignon . |
| 4 | All these setbacks did n't matter , old chap , because the referee only has eyes for the big boys . |
| 5 | She looked at the healthy gloss of black hair springing from a widow 's peak , the thickly lashed eyes under winged brows , the mouth that could be austere and cruel but was now warm and sensuous , and said thickly , ‘ Perhaps we could go into the garden ? ’ |
| 6 | He said , I 've only got eyes for one person . |
| 7 | Handsome Costa hunk Jesse Birdsall , who has only had eyes for the girls up to now , is about to become a bi-sexual victim of the killer virus . |
| 8 | Handsome Costa hunk Jesse Birdsall , who has only had eyes for the girls up to now , is about to become a bi-sexual victim of the killer virus . |
| 9 | ‘ I will only have eyes for you . ’ |
| 10 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
| 11 | Once in Amedeo 's company everyone agrees that she ‘ only had eyes for him ’ . |
| 12 | He only had eyes for Mary , especially as she immediately burst into tears . |
| 13 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 14 | Any visiting player who was foolish enough to make eyes at Perdita , or disparaging cracks about Little Chef 's appearance , got very short shrift . |
| 15 | Perhaps we do : I thought we had already had eyes for several million years . |
| 16 | ‘ THIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons finally set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains rising in fairyland fantasy before the rising sun . |
| 17 | He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're going to regret the day you ever laid eyes on Matthew , ’ Sandra hissed . |
| 19 | He could still feel eyes on him , they were like fingers , they poked him in the ribs , the shoulderblades , the neck , it was hard not looking round . |
| 20 | you ever set eyes on me . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And let's pray this is the last time I need ever set eyes on you ! ’ |
| 23 | I will dwell in the frigid lands with my bride , and no man shall ever set eyes on us again ! ’ |
| 24 | She only worked at Pembroke Lodge for four weeks and I hardly set eyes on her . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's like nothing I 've ever laid eyes on before . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm trying to recall if I 've ever set eyes on her ; I 've a vague memory of a plump wee lass at a cousin 's wedding three or four years back . |
| 27 | Neither , it seems , has the population ever set eyes on an American . |
| 28 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think I 've ever set eyes on her , ’ said Jack . |
| 30 | No sea that Marion had ever set eyes on was that particular shade of transparent , light-filled turquoise . |