Example sentences of "eye [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel wrenched her eyes away from fitzAlan and glared at the wall . |
| 2 | With an effort she kept her eyes away from Dane , knowing she could n't bear to see answering desire for Marianne in his face . |
| 3 | She breathed relief and opened her eyes just in time to see him disappear through the wire gate . |
| 4 | She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her . |
| 5 | She slewed her eyes furtively from side to side and then said with awed relish : |
| 6 | As he slowly revolved he observed all points of the compass with eyes wide in wonder . |
| 7 | The beggarman just stood there , eyes wide in horror , mouth slack ; in his upraised hand he held by the hair the decapitated head of Adam Horne , alderman and merchant . |
| 8 | On cue they turned to her , their eyes wide in anticipation . |
| 9 | Sheldukher rolled his eyes up to heaven . |
| 10 | When Hilary cast her eyes up in supplication , he laughed . |
| 11 | Breathing jerkily , she locked her eyes angrily with Roman 's calculating gaze . |
| 12 | He had been lying on his back , looking at the ceiling with his eyes out of focus , taking his pulse over and over again to keep his mind empty . |
| 13 | She said it again , spitting a cat 's venom , a snake 's venom at him , menacing him with claws and teeth and a most glorious savagery , her eyes out of focus perhaps but glittering like jewels , her supple , slender , long-legged body having lost all consciousness of its nakedness , her firm , high , amber-skinned breasts rising in their fury ; doubly enticing . |
| 14 | She 's crying out her eyes out with joy ! they 're just weird people I found . |
| 15 | Thérèse rolled her eyes upwards to heaven , smiled heroically , and fell over . |
| 16 | As he turned away , it took Ronni a moment to catch her breath and get her eyes back into focus . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not necessary , madame , ’ Jenna began , switching her eyes back to Marguerite with a great effort . |
| 18 | She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down , but the laughter died in her throat as she looked up to see Adam standing a few feet away , his eyes hard as jet . |
| 19 | He had swung his head round , glaring at me , his eyes hard as glass . |
| 20 | He turned eyes hard with disgust on Dana , and Claudia was n't at all surprised when her sister mumbled that Garry was waiting for her in a café in the main street . |
| 21 | Emotion had darkened his eyes almost to black , shocking her , but otherwise he kept his expression rigidly controlled . |
| 22 | I could have had erm brown eyes instead of blue , I could have been taller or shorter , I could have been lots of different erm bodily arrangements erm and still be me , just be the same er person . |
| 23 | Isabel whispered , eyes round with curiosity . |
| 24 | I keep an eye out for Lucker without much joy . |
| 25 | In practice that means keeping an eye out for leadership qualities and sometimes selecting on that basis and , at the same time , encouraging the absorption of certain leadership precepts by those who do not seem to possess them in a natural way . |
| 26 | Over-fishing is avoided , and two men employed to keep a wary eye out for mussel rustlers . |
| 27 | A playground supervisor is a guardian while she is on duty , acting with authority , keeping an eye out for trouble , intervening before tears or blood are shed ! |
| 28 | But remember that with one eye out of action , your stereoscopic vision is disabled and that means poor range perception . |
| 29 | While the men were training and getting their eye back for archery and broadsword fighting , Lugh would be creeping up on Tara , studying the Bright Palace to find out its weaknesses ; he would be charting the movements of the guards and sentries , and counting up the number of people on watch at the Western Gate . |
| 30 | However , there are two exceptions : the Magellanic Clouds , so named because they were recorded by the Portuguese explorer Magellan in his voyage round the world — though they must have been noticed earlier , because they are very bright — and the Large Cloud is visible with the naked eye even in moonlight . |