Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rising from his kneeling position , Chuck met the anxious eyes of the others grouped around him . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that officialdom in Brussels turns a blind eye to anti-competitive behaviour by state-owned industries in a way that it is not prepared to do for private companies . |
| 3 | They both did a lot of lobbying , which you 're not supposed to do , but the college turns a blind eye to it . |
| 4 | If you need spectacles to meet the official eye sight standard , wear them , it is an offence to drive with uncorrected defective vision . |
| 5 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , just the small matter of the DGSE turning a blind eye to arms sales to Iranian terrorists in return for the release of our French hostages in Beirut . ’ , |
| 7 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
| 8 | Luke Steer keeps a wary eye on the fulmars as he negotiates the finishing ledges ( photos ) |
| 9 | The Countess cast a scathing eye at the dancers who were beginning yet another waltz , then looked back to the Duke . |
| 10 | The uncooked herrings blink a tearful eye . |
| 11 | Along with the Thwaites at High Birk Hatt the Fawcetts kept a neighbourly eye on the Hauxwells when they were at their most vulnerable . |
| 12 | We know that Brahms kept a keen eye open for new music , and that he knew Rheinberger — what I wonder is whether it was the Rheinberger Sonata that suggested to Brahms the form for the last movement of his Symphony ? |
| 13 | It is held together with a cryptic seal showing a human eye , a large X with peck marks round it and the words ‘ a return ’ written underneath . |
| 14 | Hell was a wooden arch with a cloth tunnel behind it and a simple catch holding shut the green eye . |
| 15 | High street optometrists perform the necessary eye examinations for these patients . |
| 16 | His best pictures have a telling eye for multi-layered detail . |
| 17 | Then his startled gaze met the glowing eyes above the white patch of the handkerchief the man was holding at his mouth . |
| 18 | Though mercy killing is still officially illegal , the law turns a blind eye to the 2.4 per cent of Dutch deaths which are accounted for by it . |
| 19 | Sharpe cast a professional eye at the smoke of the French cooking fires . |
| 20 | The skull was placed among the bones of Arak , and through the heat and the smoke Tallis watched the watching eyes , three cold people from an ancient day , remembering and honouring the dead . |
| 21 | Even when that object was not consciously in view most proposals for Masai development tended in practice towards that end , their essential ingredient being some measure designed to move the Masai away from the semi-nomadism they had immemorially practised towards a way of living which would make it easier for administrators to keep a benevolent eye on them . |
| 22 | The Queen kept a sharp eye on the proceedings , and found it a favourable wet-day pastime to visit the Dolls ' House . |
| 23 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 24 | At one point it rises off the ground like a periscope , looking around itself , for a fraction of a second casting a backward eye at us . |
| 25 | Before I go on a DV I feel a bit like a private eye . |
| 26 | But as long as these extra-curricular affairs are conducted discreetly behind closed departmental doors , the academic establishment turns a blind eye . |
| 27 | Dreaded teacher turns a blind eye |
| 28 | Two simple planes connect the sunken eye socket to the forehead , and a small disk extends below from cheekbone to the inside corner of the eye , while the jaw , the nose and the section from nose to mouth and from mouth to chin are each clearly defined . |
| 29 | Work in something of a muddle , but Vicky has a great eye for detail . |
| 30 | Mrs Stevenson told The Art Newspaper , ‘ Ted has a golden eye , but the board felt he was lacking in certain areas that were necessary here ’ . |