Example sentences of "in her [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | High colour leapt to her cheeks as anger danced in her tawny eyes . |
| 2 | The agony of years was held in those short staccato sentences , and tears glimmered in her tawny eyes with the pain of confession . |
| 3 | Hurt showed clearly in her tawny eyes as she gazed back at him . |
| 4 | ‘ Now , Adam , ’ she re-entered the kitchen with her chin tilted defiantly upward and a challenging glint in her tawny eyes , ‘ what 's so important that it could n't wait till a more reasonable time of day ? ’ |
| 5 | He looked at her speculatively , wondering at the expression in her dark eyes and then said very slowly and carefully , " Well … it is true , we do need bodies to practise on … " |
| 6 | When she paused in her work and turned to look at him , he saw the disappointment in her dark eyes . |
| 7 | When she raised her head , there were tears in her dark eyes ; Cissie 's eyes , too , were bright and full . |
| 8 | There was a light in her dark eyes that Julia could not remember seeing before her illness and yet there was sadness too . |
| 9 | It was Bec who spoke first , puzzlement in her dark eyes , but something new in her voice — assurance was it ? |
| 10 | Amusement lurking in her dark eyes , because that 's what people always said , Ellie signed the bill , thanked the waitress , gave her a warm smile , added a little tip , and went out to wait for Donal . |
| 11 | With a sideways look , a twinkle in her dark eyes , she confessed , ‘ I have no idea . |
| 12 | But , though there is no engagement ring yet on Jill 's finger , that look in her sparkling eyes gives us all the best possible hope . |
| 13 | She stood well away from him , doing her utmost to register distaste in her black eyes . |
| 14 | The woman looked at her , an unmistakably speculative gleam in her hazel eyes , and Shannon frowned , wondering at the look . |
| 15 | She did what she could with her tousled mass of auburn curls , but when she twisted it into its usual topknot the starkness of the style served only to emphasise the weariness in her wide-set eyes , and with a little mutter of disgust she let the curls fall again , tumbling about her shoulders in riotous abandon . |
| 16 | Now when she saw him drinking , wild-eyed and aggressive , in her inner eye she kept the vision of the distinguished and striking man she knew him to be . |
| 17 | Her cheeks began to fill out and the hollows by her collar bone were less noticeable , but the dullness in her blue eyes persisted . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't advise you to hit me , Claudia ; I shall retaliate , but I wo n't hit you , ’ he said as alarm flared in her blue eyes . |
| 19 | She turned to him , anger glowing in her blue eyes , and he placed a restraining finger on her lips . |
| 20 | ‘ Can I help you ? ’ she asked , trying not to let him see the amusement in her blue eyes . |
| 21 | The single candle was reflected in her shining eyes like a diamond . |
| 22 | Gronberg lost 50 per cent of the sight in her right eye following a car accident six weeks ago . |
| 23 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 24 | Jeanette Orton from Oxfordshire has already undergone surgery to correct a defect in her right eye . |
| 25 | Jeanette Orton from Oxfordshire has already undergone surgery to correct a defect in her right eye . |
| 26 | She has no functional vision in her right eye and only half sight in her left eye . |
| 27 | Sparks of anger danced like flames in her sherry-coloured eyes . |
| 28 | She looked at me , and alarm put to sea in her tranquil eyes . |
| 29 | Laura reckons , ’ she continued , a salacious gleam in her toffee-brown eyes , ‘ old Po-face-that 's what they all calls him cos he never smiles-had been having it off with that secretary for weeks . |
| 30 | He read the truth in her limpid eyes . |