Example sentences of "'s eyes [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl 's eyes became even wider , then she suppressed a laugh . |
| 2 | The brother 's eyes became even more sombre . |
| 3 | Folly 's eyes jerked upwards at the hoarse whisper to see her escort being greeted by a plumpish middle-aged woman with steel-grey hair and a worried expression . |
| 4 | She could see the older woman 's eyes darting incredulously over her , swiftly assessing style , quality , cost , as she stumbled through vague expressions of welcome and gratitude . |
| 5 | " Quite sure , my lord , " said the jackal , " and if your lordship 's eyes had not been dazzled — ahem — by the sun , your lordship would have seen the woman 's pigtail hanging down behind her . " |
| 6 | A check with the skies proved that the informant 's eyes had not deceived him . |
| 7 | Tsu Ma 's eyes had never left Li Shai Tung 's face , yet they had not been seeing him . |
| 8 | Alexander Vass 's eyes had never left her face . |
| 9 | Ignoring her , Drew filled up Perdita 's glass , then , seeing Daisy 's eyes had suddenly filled with tears , asked her if she 'd like another vodka and orange . |
| 10 | Julius 's eyes gleamed briefly . |
| 11 | Travis 's eyes gleamed right back . |
| 12 | Marianne 's eyes gleamed malevolently . |
| 13 | Cranston 's eyes gleamed back . |
| 14 | Shiona 's eyes shot wide open . |
| 15 | Five minutes later the phone rang in the control room and producer Geoff Mullins 's eyes rounded beautifully . |
| 16 | Lee saw Anthea 's eyes glittering blackly in the dancing candlelight , her chin drawn up in defiance or outrage . |
| 17 | Lewis 's eyes looked up in puzzlement . |
| 18 | I saw Changez 's eyes fall caressingly on his wife 's form and then rest on his prostitute 's grooving hips as the two of them got down to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas . |
| 19 | Billy 's eyes popped out as she kissed Yanto on the cheek and flopped into a chair beside him . |
| 20 | You can only see people 's eyes looking out of the eye-holes in the clothes . |
| 21 | The young man 's eyes kept involuntarily catching those of the Substitute , who was staring at him pleasantly . |
| 22 | James 's eyes filled suddenly with tears , he wiped it them and looked disbelievingly at the wet on his fingers . |
| 23 | Hale 's eyes stare knowingly at the viewer , a human sacrifice to an alienated and consumerist culture . |
| 24 | Taplow 's eyes fell away . |
| 25 | Ruth 's eyes sought out Steve as if he had the answers she needed . |
| 26 | my father 's eyes rolled back |
| 27 | Kebbel 's eyes drifted over to the window . |
| 28 | Ashley 's eyes drifted down from the screen and she frowned . |
| 29 | As the sound was repeated again and again the tears that had been brimming in Lan 's eyes spurted down her cheeks , and beside her Tam listened rigid with horror , waiting for the sound of his brother 's wailing to begin . |
| 30 | Siban 's eyes burned angrily , but after a moment he allowed the muscles of his arm to relax . |