Example sentences of "[subord] his [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | She walked warily as if his colourless eyes were judging and assessing her all the time . |
| 2 | The red light grated on Jaq 's eyes as if his own eyes were bloodshot , dazed with the blood of billions . |
| 3 | A few seconds later de Craon bustled in , his face wreathed in an unctuous smile , bobbing and bowing while his snakelike eyes scrutinised the King . |
| 4 | Even President George Bush will struggle to enunciate metaphors about ‘ a thousand points of light ’ while his narrow eyes sting and water from his own rhetoric about ‘ a kinder , gentler nation ’ . |
| 5 | So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi . |
| 6 | He 's nearly a year old now , but his right eye is still getting darker , while his left eye is staying firmly blue . |
| 7 | Pacing himself steadily along the dusty track , the Doctor halted when his flickering eyes fell upon an unnatural addition to the landscape . |
| 8 | When his unfortunate eye injury forced him to quit the game early in 1991 , he had learned his trade and was offered a full-time job . |
| 9 | ‘ Every morning this time the bus is full of nuts , ’ the driver said with violence , not even visibly addressing me , though his right eye was glaring at me in his driving mirror . |
| 10 | Then , as his sharp eyes took in the unnatural stiffness of the other two and their frozen expressions , he groaned with mock-consternation . |
| 11 | Gina recoiled , her mind spinning as his blue eyes , brilliant and intense beneath brows drawn together in thoughtful consideration , travelled over her astonished face . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll definitely keep you in mind , ’ he said and as his dark eyes met hers he seemed again to be laughing at her . |
| 13 | The chin was as much part of him as his keen eyes , and her face softened at the thought . |
| 14 | As his bloodshot eye fell on the brilliance of the three Campbell ladies , he winced . |