Example sentences of "eyes in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examination had also revealed several hooded eyes in the head , torso and arms ; all connected by a massive circuitry of unexplainable nerves and sinew which , although with no brain to relay messages still saw them , still swivelled and watched them move about the room as they examined it . |
| 2 | Here are the six references Flaubert makes to Emma Bovary 's eyes in the course of the book . |
| 3 | That betraying look in her eyes in the cloakroom just now must have told him he 'd won again . |
| 4 | He must have eyes in the top of his head , under his hair . |
| 5 | You point your eyes in the direction they are pointing their Nikons , only to be baffled by what , if anything , they are photographing . |
| 6 | When Donald examined his wire in the last stages of the illness it might be necessary to lead him to a medical textbook and steer those calm , grey eyes in the direction of the chapter headed ‘ The Guillain-Barré Syndrome ’ . |
| 7 | The only other person in the bar was a tramp who sat without a drink , muttering imprecations and occasionally turning and flashing his bloodshot eyes in the direction of some imaginary enemy to his right and stabbing the air with one crooked finger . |
| 8 | The third theme is to the effect that localisation consists in movement , or in a felt tendency to movement , either of a hand or foot to the part of one 's body touched ( Gardner Murphy ) , or of one 's eyes in the direction of the part touched ( Alexander Bain ) . |
| 9 | Reflector boards shone light up into the subjects ' faces to refine the modelling ( reflections give a certain hooded look to the eyes in the portrait here ) . |
| 10 | ‘ You develop eyes in the back of your head . ’ |
| 11 | Not only must she cope with Cherie 's distressing withdrawal symptoms , she also needs eyes in the back of her head to curb a two-year-old 's natural mischief . |
| 12 | Eyes in the back of my head , sir . ’ |
| 13 | He gave no sign that he had seen Lorton , but he probably had ; Fred had eyes in the back of his head . |
| 14 | If you sometimes wish you had eyes in the back of your head to see exactly what the children are getting up to in the back of the car , you 'll be pleased to hear about The Lane Changer from Automotive . |
| 15 | She turns away to bustle domestically with mugs and kettle , pausing only to warn : ‘ Do n't try anything cute , sisters ; I do n't have eyes in the back of my head because I do n't need them . ’ |
| 16 | Ah You 've got to have eyes in the back of your head here I 'm telling ya . |
| 17 | Stand in front of a mirror on one leg and watch your eyes in the mirror . |
| 18 | The eyes in the mirror |
| 19 | Katherine met her friend 's eyes in the mirror . |
| 20 | She renewed her make-up , pausing as she met her blue eyes in the mirror . |
| 21 | She met his eyes in the mirror and summoned up a weak , unconvincing smile . |
| 22 | Lok peered at the stick and the lump of bone and the small eyes in the bone things over the face . |
| 23 | But nothing came and a little before dawn the wind eased and he managed to close his eyes in the shelter of the old oak tree in which he had taken stance . |
| 24 | Based on his wartime diaries , Ron records what it was like to be in the nose of a Lancaster at night over Germany , and to be the radar eyes in the navigation cabin . |
| 25 | for example : the swift change from the grand développé à la seconde which Odile makes facing the audience and her sudden turn to arabesque when she looks straight into the kneeling Siegfried 's eyes in the Act II pas de deux of Swan Lake ; it is Odile 's triumph for she knows she has won Siegfried 's heart . |
| 26 | Closing my eyes in the gloom I could still feel Helen in my arms and I smiled to myself at the memory of her bounding healthiness . |
| 27 | The message was given , and Troy , wrapped up to his eyes in the cloak , stood in the doorway . |
| 28 | Her eyes in the darkness found his and her dry hand clasped his leg , where he now stood beside her , preparing to leave . |
| 29 | Then as she saw their startled eyes in the light of the candles , she added hastily , ‘ Of course it 's hard to tell . |
| 30 | All eyes in the room were watching the stranger — except for a pair belonging to Rincewind the wizard , who was sitting in the darkest comer nursing a mug of very small beer . |