Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cast a malevolent eye at the window as a squall of rain battered the glass , then began an inspection of supplies . |
| 2 | 3 of the youngest journalists around are here to have Telegraph editor Max Hastings cast a critical eye over their school paper ; the Ann Cam Citizen . |
| 3 | Sharpe cast a professional eye at the smoke of the French cooking fires . |
| 4 | He cast a professional eye over the report . |
| 5 | John — Augustus cast a sentimental eye on his retreat , convinced in his euphoria of pristine well-being that he had encountered one of nature 's radicals , someone to whom he could reveal his new true feelings . |
| 6 | Karl , as it were , added the italics as he cast a speculative eye over a huge grey building which loomed over the avenue like a battleship over a flotilla of cargo boats and from which , in the still , clear air , hung a vast flag , red , with a golden hammer and sickle emblazoned on it . |
| 7 | She cast a speculative eye on Lucy Lane . |
| 8 | He cast a scathing eye at the rows of bottles . |
| 9 | He cast a shrewd eye at her . |
| 10 | Down in Australia Brian Johnston cast a knowing eye round the field and told his audience of millions that Neil Harvey was standing with his legs apart , waiting for a tickle . |
| 11 | She fixed a baleful eye on Angelica , and said , ‘ If ever they bring back hanging , I would n't advise you to apply for the job . ’ |
| 12 | Mother Bombie , too , fixed a glittering eye more keenly on the young woman . |
| 13 | Feeling in one of the pockets I found a black eye patch for added colour and realised that my crew were endorsing the senior officer 's joke about piracy in the Channel . |
| 14 | WPc Clark sustained a black eye . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're under the Clyde now , ’ he cast an intellectual eye at the roof of the carriage . |
| 16 | She cast an appraising eye over the clean kitchen and listened to the music of the sizzling pie . |
| 17 | For his pains he received a black eye , a bloodied nose , a split lip , two skinned knees , several bruised ribs and four strokes of the cane on each hand for fighting on school premises . |
| 18 | Another report said one of the holidaymakers suffered a serious eye injury caused by flying glass . |
| 19 | The 51-year-old victim suffered a serious eye injury in the attack by youths who drove from the scene laughing . |
| 20 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 21 | Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack . |
| 22 | Young Kirk suffered a nasty eye injury against the Canadian champion Dale Brown in a rousing light heavyweight final in Victoria , but took gold on a count-back after a five-five tie on punches landed . |
| 23 | AI has received reports indicating that he suffered a severe eye injury as a result of beatings during interrogation . |
| 24 | So the Foreign Office turned a bland eye — nobody was exactly complaining out loud — and we took on the whole Sims organisation as a going concern . |
| 25 | Farquhar , at his shoulder , turned a cynical eye on all this worthy , pious mildness , and wondered to himself how long it would last . |
| 26 | It is perhaps not to be wondered that when the clouds of war then appeared , those in high places turned a speculative eye on this , the greatest privately-owned railway organisation in the world , with facilities and space , equipped in a wide range , from precision tools to mighty hammers , forges , foundries , and a tradition of skilled craftsmanship grafted to modern organisational and administrative ability , for a possible source of production of the sinews of war . |
| 27 | Angelina turned a cold eye on him . |
| 28 | Naturally , father knew , but turned a blind eye . |
| 29 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
| 30 | It featured Shaun and Bez again , ‘ off our heads , in full throttle , coming out with all sorts of shit ’ , except this time no one turned a blind eye , offered excuses or mildly slapped their wrists . |