Example sentences of "my eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she means to tangle my eyes too ! |
| 2 | I kept my eyes on it the whole time , he wrote . |
| 3 | Allowed my eyes to wander over the whole of it , he wrote , and almost with satisfaction . |
| 4 | Sat there through the night , closing my eyes at times , then opening them slowly and allowing the glass to impose itself . |
| 5 | Tears filled my eyes . |
| 6 | Amongst the British films selected are DAKOTA ROAD , the new release from the prolific Working Title company , a tale of sexual awakening set in the East Anglian fens ; CLOSE MY EYES , Stephen Poliakoff 's second film as director , which stars Saskia Reeves who is also in THE BRIDGE , a new film which takes an impressionist painting as the starting point of a tale of illicit passion in the repressive Victorian era . |
| 7 | ( Clive Owen also features in the film , CLOSE MY EYES , directed by Stephen Poliakoff , which is screened on October 2 at 9pm at MAC ) . |
| 8 | That brought tears to my eyes and I turned away so that Jeff would n't be able to see them , then fought them back . |
| 9 | I became conscious of where I was and what I was doing so I quickly stood up and dried my eyes . |
| 10 | Gradually my eyes got used to the glare and I was able to make sense of my surroundings . |
| 11 | I could feel tears welling up in my eyes . |
| 12 | Tears were coming into my eyes . |
| 13 | She has positioned herself behind her desk , and will not meet my eyes . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been touching you with my eyes , ’ said Lucy . |
| 15 | we stand in the hall , your fabulous eyes searched mine - read my eyes , one last and wonderful caress , shy love , love you are gone into the early morning dark night-rainbows dazzle everywhere you have been |
| 16 | You delight my eyes ; your voice delights my ears ; your being here thrills me . |
| 17 | Who gives a damn , certainly not me , caressing your lovely legs with my eyes . |
| 18 | ‘ And thanks , but I think I 'd just bawl my eyes out all over you . |
| 19 | I have one thing to say to you , said Astrid laughing , two weeks apart and letters every day later , my eyes are green ! |
| 20 | ‘ Do you think my eyes are sinking ? ’ |
| 21 | I chose a spot well away from the wasp-infested rubbish bins and kept my eyes on my book when the shadow of a man cast over it . |
| 22 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 23 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 24 | Aisha 's annual visits home had sown the seed of travel in my spirit and this seed had grown and opened out and reached my eyes and tongue . |
| 25 | On her last visit I 'd been unable to take my eyes off her gold earrings and her bangles . |
| 26 | Fixing my eyes on them , I could n't help cursing Aisha , wishing she was dead , swearing by the Prophet Muhammad that I would have my revenge because it was she who was stopping me walking those streets and riding in those red buses to find work and a flat or a room of my own . |
| 27 | And with an involuntary movement I raised my eyes to the sky — where God was — beseeching Him , wanting Him to see my fear and my contrition . |
| 28 | On their way down my eyes spied a policeman on the horizon . |
| 29 | The scales fell from my eyes . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm a pretty tough sort of bloke — you have to be to run a pub , ’ John said , ‘ but I 've had tears in my eyes today . ’ |