Example sentences of "he [vb past] [art] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | He winked an eye at his companion and said to Frankie : ‘ Been to the pictures , have we , son ? ’ |
| 2 | Seeing my disappointment he winked an eye and said , ‘ Well , I must admit that it makes a good story ’ . |
| 3 | He caught the eye with a highly encouraging performance despite finishing last but was not seriously considered to be in the same league as the adored ‘ Dessie ’ . |
| 4 | Three years later , he emigrated with his parents to Israel , yet became a frequent commuter to the major musical centres of Europe , where he caught the eye of such musical heavyweights as Edwin Fischer , Wilhelm Furtwangler and ( most especially ) Arthur Rubinstein , who took an immense interest in the young pianist and arranged for him to be represented by his agent , the legendary Sol Hurok . |
| 5 | He caught the eye of the Tarvarian leader and pointed . |
| 6 | Outside the Lord 's Day Observance Society he caught the eye of a tall girl with a red face , who looked quickly away . |
| 7 | He caught the eye of the man seated on Matilda 's left and nodded curt acknowledgement . |
| 8 | Whenever he caught the eye of one of them , the boy would look away and allow his conversation to die . |
| 9 | He opened an eye as a door closed with a bang . |
| 10 | He lost an eye at the Battle of the Jaws , and wears an iron patch to cover the wound . |
| 11 | He examined the eyes , tongue and nails of the dead man minutely , taking deep sniffs at the gaping mouth . |
| 12 | Not until Queen Anne 's reign did Mansel attract much attention , when he took the eye as one of Harley 's henchmen in the Commons , and his appointment to office in 1704 , as comptroller of the household and a privy councillor , was an integral part of the ministerial reconstruction in which Harley 's band of ‘ moderate ’ Tories came to the fore . |
| 13 | Once or twice as they waited for the ceremonial to begin he saw the eyes of the Annamese sovereign shift anxiously in their direction and he dabbed occasionally at his pale perspiring face with a silken handkerchief that he held concealed in one of his voluminous sleeves . |
| 14 | Then he saw the eyes , the dilated pupils , as did Oliver Michaels peering over Auguste 's shoulder . |
| 15 | He kept an eye on it . |
| 16 | He kept an eye out for fierce-looking highlanders with red beards , kilts and claymores . |
| 17 | As he turned to face the glass case , he felt every eye in the theatre on him . |
| 18 | He cocked an eye speculatively over the rim . |
| 19 | As he strode out into the darkness , the gloom and chill of the evening only served to sharpen his anticipation , so that he had no eyes for the RIC men on patrol , the few pedestrians hurrying along , or the horse and cart just moving off beside him on the road , the barely discernible name JAS SULLIVAN painted on the cart 's side and a burly figure with a flattened nose and scarred face hunched on the driver 's seat , desultorily twitching the reins . |
| 20 | Hoving 's wide-eyed devotion to Ted Rousseau , the curator of European paintings whose playboy antics and debonair charm masked his mediocre acquisition record , contrasts with his dismissive and sour remarks concerning his successor as director , Philippe de Montebello ( ‘ No one on the museum was more self-assured ’ , notes Hoving , ‘ But Ted Rousseau was convinced he had no eye ’ ) . |
| 21 | Watching him in the market she saw how popular he was , and certainly he had an eye for the best produce on offer , but when it came to the exchange of cash he parted with it too readily . |
| 22 | More important for his choreography , he had an eye for what other dancers could achieve . |
| 23 | Similarly , David Tagg of Grand Metropolitan referred to using headhunters when he had an eye on a specific person within another company : a headhunter could discreetly and confidentially find out if that person might consider moving , before the name of the interested party , i.e. Grand Metropolitan , need be revealed . |
| 24 | As a former building contractor , he had an eye for a sound investment in bricks and mortar . |
| 25 | The sketch was from memory , but he had an eye for detail . |
| 26 | Only he rarely had to ; he had an eye ; it was respected . |
| 27 | ‘ He had an eye for the women , you mean ? ’ |
| 28 | He had an eye on the goal difference as Newcastle were closing the gap between us and Sheff Utd . |
| 29 | She knew that he had an eye to the future , the farm was a desirable property . |
| 30 | He had the eyes of an idealistic fanatic and the mouth of a pitiless executioner . |