Example sentences of "eye [conj] look [adv] " in BNC.

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1 What he had first taken for height he soon realized was a product of high — very high — heels , and he guessed that without the lifts she would be around five foot , pleasantly featured , with a round face and perfectly round brown eyes that looked almost serene until he realized how hard they were .
2 But the dark eyes that looked back at her were firm and steady .
3 She had switched the apartment air-conditioning off , distrusting its effect on the health , and for a while she tried to convince herself that it was the unaccustomed humidity that made her so restless , but she did n't really believe it , and the eyes that looked back at her from her bathroom mirror in the morning were shadowy , and hunted .
4 Iskandara took her hands away from her face and glared at her daughter with the same light , bright aqua-marine eyes that looked out from her mother 's portrait .
5 I 'll come , ’ she said and put down the receiver to meet two pairs of eyes that looked so astonished that she burst out laughing .
6 Then the Lad darted across the room like a fleeing hare , and vanished , and Calatin opened his eyes and looked right at them .
7 After the failed June 1953 uprising , crushed by Soviet tanks , ‘ people shut their eyes and looked away ’ , said Heiko , a 19-year-old factory worker , after a packed service in the Gethsemane church , in recent weeks a centre of opposition .
8 He glimpsed the tenderness in her eyes and looked away , embarrassed .
9 To her horror she felt the sting of tears in her eyes and looked away again , refusing to let him see her moment of weakness .
10 I rolled my eyes and looked away .
11 To her horror Rory felt the sting of tears behind her eyes and looked away helplessly .
12 I opened my eyes and looked up at Mick 's grinning face , leaning into the entrance to the trench .
13 All in a flurry of dust it came towards her and then she heard Ferdinando shout her name and the neighing of the horse as it was pulled in and she trembled as she opened her eyes and looked up .
14 Adam opened his eyes and looked up at Curly Top .
15 as if slapped across the face , she opened her eyes and looked up as her monster was tugged off its feet by invisible forces .
16 She opened dazed eyes and looked up into Rohan 's face .
17 She opened her eyes and looked up at him .
18 She opened her eyes and looked straight into the beautiful face of the Italian .
19 He opened his eyes and looked straight at her .
20 Willie shaded his eyes and looked around for him .
21 Willie opened his eyes and looked around .
22 He wiped the sweat from his eyes and looked down at the automatic in his hand .
23 She tossed her hair out of her eyes and looked down as Adrian approached .
24 Vincent looked towards Lily , who raised her eyes and looked back at him sadly .
25 Staring down at the girl , Pascoe saw in her the Martha he had known as a lad — the Martha he had loved and lost ; and while he stared , she opened her eyes and looked back up at him from the stinking bed of straw , and for a moment he felt a little stirring of fear .
26 I had a terrible shock when you opened your eyes and looked so steadily at me .
27 Lambert opened his eyes and looked bleakly at the map .
28 By the length of the pause that followed , before he opened his eyes and looked dazedly down to see what fate had granted him , he went in some devout fear of his deserving .
29 He blinked his boiled eyes and looked suddenly shy .
30 Clara Beeding opened her eyes and looked quite relieved to see Jasper Lewens , Tracy Johnson and the guy with the wart .
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