Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't pass between the speechreader and the person he is talking with ; go round them unobtrusively so that you do not break eye contact . |
| 2 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 3 | America , Britain and France do not see eye to eye . |
| 4 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 5 | Some of the miniature waterlilies have to be increased from seed as they do not produce eyes . |
| 6 | We 're hiding in a corner to give our necks a rest , the logic being that if you do n't make eye contact you do n't have to bow . |
| 7 | Probably only collecting rents or some such thing , but it will be better if they do n't lay eyes on you . |
| 8 | She turns away to bustle domestically with mugs and kettle , pausing only to warn : ‘ Do n't try anything cute , sisters ; I do n't have eyes in the back of my head because I do n't need them . ’ |
| 9 | The trouble is , we do n't see eye to eye , or , more correctly , our minds move in different channels . |
| 10 | But then those two do n't see eye to eye about anything these days . |
| 11 | I do n't see eye to eye with Tod on all issues . |
| 12 | He said , I 've only got eyes for one person . |
| 13 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
| 14 | Now I comes to think on it , I 've not set eyes on Black Will since afore we went to the Garden Tower last evening . ’ |
| 15 | I 've not set eyes on her since I got back . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | I do n't think I 've ever set eyes on her , ’ said Jack . |
| 18 | Guy 's just about the most irresistible male I 've ever set eyes on , ’ Lucy said dreamily , adding hastily , ‘ Next to Charles , of course ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's like nothing I 've ever laid eyes on before . ’ |
| 20 | I 've never set eyes on him . |
| 21 | ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question , ’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday . ’ |
| 22 | And I 've never laid eyes on Vera . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never laid eyes on 'em before , ’ he replied , ‘ but I 'll never ferget the bloke who laid me out . |
| 24 | " I 've never laid eyes on him , " Mrs. Butler said . |
| 25 | She had eyes as bright as buttons , a sharp wit and the most beautiful pair of shoulders I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 26 | I was hustled away to a cold , stone-flagged cell beneath the Guildhall which I shared with two of the biggest rats I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 27 | Sir John Dacourt , the ambassador , was squat and florid , with frizzed white hair , light blue eyes , and the most luxuriant curling moustache I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 28 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Howard , ’ he says , ‘ I think this is far and away the subtlest , most exciting … zaniest … most realizable , wittiest , sexiest … most lovable White Paper that I have ever set eyes on . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And let's pray this is the last time I need ever set eyes on you ! ’ |