Example sentences of "in her [adj] eyes " 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 | Her cheeks began to fill out and the hollows by her collar bone were less noticeable , but the dullness in her blue eyes persisted . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | She turned to him , anger glowing in her blue eyes , and he placed a restraining finger on her lips . |
| 19 | ‘ Can I help you ? ’ she asked , trying not to let him see the amusement in her blue eyes . |
| 20 | The single candle was reflected in her shining eyes like a diamond . |
| 21 | Sparks of anger danced like flames in her sherry-coloured eyes . |
| 22 | She looked at me , and alarm put to sea in her tranquil eyes . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He read the truth in her limpid eyes . |
| 25 | Hands still held to her mouth , tears glinted in her frightened eyes . |
| 26 | She could n't speak , but the answer was there in her horror-stricken eyes . |
| 27 | Each business meeting put a spark of challenge in her green eyes . |
| 28 | Lissa stared angrily after his departing figure , a turbulent storm gathering momentum in her green eyes . |
| 29 | Alone with Shannon , Marianne did n't bother to keep up the saccharin-sweet condescension she bestowed on her when Dane and Josh were around , and the undisguised venom in her green eyes sent a ripple of unease along Shae 's spine . |
| 30 | Then , glancing up again quickly , a troubled look in her green eyes , she added , ‘ But I did n't want to hurt you , Jennifer , honestly ; that was the last thing I wanted . ’ |