Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pos pn] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked back at him , but this time he did not lower his eyes or tap his spoon against his empty cup . |
| 2 | The Marines jogged over to her , not trusting their eyes , while the woman collapsed to her knees in the sand , coughing up water which was viscous with oil . |
| 3 | Does the li does the light not hurt your eye ! |
| 4 | Gabriel turned so that Izzie could not catch his eye . |
| 5 | From under his eyelashes he could see Mrs Morgan was watching her husband with a sort of furious compassion , and was careful not to catch her eye . |
| 6 | Furthermore , if speakers did not avert their eyes during the planning ( hesitant ) phases in their speech , there was a marked increase in speech disturbances . |
| 7 | The spotlight is shining briefly on this beautiful , blood-soaked country , and we should not avert our eyes . |
| 8 | Rigoberta Menchu : We should not avert our eyes from her struggle |
| 9 | Carson watched uncomprehendingly as she stood up and edged sideways from between her chair and the table , looking down and not meeting his eyes . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure I shall ! ’ she said tightly , not meeting his eyes . |
| 11 | She sat , not meeting his eye , her fingers restlessly turning the pages of the book on her lap . |
| 12 | Maggie sits in Perry 's seat , not meeting my eyes , sweating . |
| 13 | She told herself that if she did not look up she would not need to see it and after a while this not-looking would become habitual , but in the event she could not prevent her eyes from turning up to the campanile . |
| 14 | McAllister could not prevent her eyes from straying to his newspaper . |
| 15 | But not far away stand other hills to which I do not lift my eyes . |
| 16 | A handsome child , Cara 's bold image , it seemed , with Odette 's timid spirit , apparently engrossed in a book or was he ? — from which he did not lift his eyes . |
| 17 | And though he could not lift his eyes to the streetlights |
| 18 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 19 | She had stood a moment , a long pause ; at first ( her suitcase , the littered money ) she could not believe her eyes . |
| 20 | Mademoiselle stared at the enormous thing as if she really could not believe her eyes , she gave a shriek even louder than Mary-Lou had given . |
| 21 | They could not believe their eyes — the train appeared to be following them . |
| 22 | He looked at me as if he could not believe his eyes , and a faint , doubtful smile began to move his lips . |
| 23 | When he saw the invitation , Khrushchev tells us he could not believe his eyes . |
| 24 | His mouth fell open and he could not believe his eyes . |
| 25 | For a second Sharpe could not believe his eyes . |
| 26 | When Ernest came home , he could not believe his eyes . |
| 27 | Dear old Joe simply could not believe his eyes when he and I entered Miss Havisham 's room the next day . |
| 28 | The lawyer could not believe his eyes . |
| 29 | I could not believe my eyes as every film , one after the other , that I lifted dripping from the hypo , was totally and absolutely blank . |
| 30 | She imagined that if she did not wipe her eyes , thrusting in a knuckle or a handkerchief , the tears would leave less trace . |