Example sentences of "eye against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Floating beyond the foam , she closed her eyes against the sin . |
| 2 | He looked up at the horses , shading his eyes against a sting of sun from the west . |
| 3 | She 's got a fag in her mouth , and she 's squinting her eyes against the smoke . |
| 4 | She shaded her eyes against the sun . |
| 5 | Gazzer , a strange , urgent little figure , hurrying among them with a bloodstained rag round his right hand , dressed in filthy black trousers and a black anorak , made one or two people shield their eyes against the sun and , with lazy curiosity , prop themselves up on one elbow to follow his progress through the gardens . |
| 6 | He was drawn in terror towards it , shielding his eyes against its splendour as he came ever nearer . |
| 7 | At length , shielding my eyes against the dazzling ripples , I returned to land . |
| 8 | Do n't think , look , he screamed against the desire to shut his eyes against the terror of the fall . |
| 9 | From the clifftop he watched the small figure of Detective Furness in his red anorak on the saddle below , twisting from one side to another as he strained his eyes against the bright sunlight to search for his charge . |
| 10 | The same weekend in 1990 was identical and sketching was a tedium of narrowed eyes against the glare . |
| 11 | A dark speck marred the faultless blue of the sky , He screwed up his eyes against the glare . |
| 12 | He closed his eyes against the unbelievable horror of it all . |
| 13 | Richard shook his head and closed his eyes against the pain his memories brought . |
| 14 | I closed my eyes against the sun and against the confusion of my thoughts . |
| 15 | She lifted her face to the sun , half closing her eyes against the silver dazzle that bounced across the water , breathing deeply on the tangle-scented air . |
| 16 | She blinked as she stepped back into the office , closing her eyes against the sudden change of light . |
| 17 | Narrowing my eyes against the Atlantic glitter I could see the line of a path that climbed from the bay and on over the headland to the west . |
| 18 | As I screwed up my eyes against the dazzle , trying to see the creature so that I might describe it to Crispin , it vanished . |
| 19 | Laidlaw shielded his eyes against the glare of the headlights , trying to distinguish the make and colour of the car . |
| 20 | Both she and Katherine gazed at the girl 's openly sensuous movements , the clinging magenta frock , the dramatically outlined eyes against the pale skin , the fall of blonde hair . |
| 21 | ‘ Something like that , ’ he said , and she fell sideways onto his lap and shut her eyes against the whirling room , her cheek stuck to the little glass circle of the monocle balanced on his chest . |
| 22 | He sighed her sighs and , in his gentlemanly manner , raised his eyes against the mocking Fates . |
| 23 | She shut her eyes against it all ; shut her eyes to open them again on to the harmless horizon . |
| 24 | She held up her hand to shade her eyes against the fierce sun . |
| 25 | Mrs. Mounce blew out cigarette smoke provocatively , narrowing her eyes against its sting . |
| 26 | Jehan closed his eyes against the glare . |
| 27 | Its talons whipped out and embedded themselves into the boy 's skull , using the emptied eye sockets as a means of entry and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes against the dimness , saw that the talons were in fact hollow tubes , thin transparent bones . |
| 28 | She closed her eyes against the play of gold and green light . |
| 29 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 30 | ‘ Mm , ’ she grunted , closing her eyes against the glare . |