Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
| 4 | Along with the Thwaites at High Birk Hatt the Fawcetts kept a neighbourly eye on the Hauxwells when they were at their most vulnerable . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Hell was a wooden arch with a cloth tunnel behind it and a simple catch holding shut the green eye . |
| 7 | Then his startled gaze met the glowing eyes above the white patch of the handkerchief the man was holding at his mouth . |
| 8 | Sharpe cast a professional eye at the smoke of the French cooking fires . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Queen kept a sharp eye on the proceedings , and found it a favourable wet-day pastime to visit the Dolls ' House . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | Julia contracted a rare eye disease , retinitis pigmentosa , when she was two ; which meant she lost part of her retina and gradually her vision . |
| 13 | It is perhaps not to be wondered that when the clouds of war then appeared , those in high places turned a speculative eye on this , the greatest privately-owned railway organisation in the world , with facilities and space , equipped in a wide range , from precision tools to mighty hammers , forges , foundries , and a tradition of skilled craftsmanship grafted to modern organisational and administrative ability , for a possible source of production of the sinews of war . |
| 14 | My elders in the newsroom kept a paternal eye on me , and approved if they saw me working on my Pitman 's . |
| 15 | There were not so many lights and Endill kept a close eye on the Headmaster in case he became lost in the darkness . |
| 16 | Another report said one of the holidaymakers suffered a serious eye injury caused by flying glass . |
| 17 | Members of the Academy turned a blind eye to the black marketeers , because the Seven Planets needed food and supplies and the corporations would n't trade with independent worlds . |
| 18 | A fleeting smile touched the green eyes . |
| 19 | And now , as dawn broke , Driver Oliver kept a watchful eye on the slowly lightening coastline . |
| 20 | Paul Wallraf had a wonderful eye , widely ranging tastes and the acquisitive instinct of a magpie . |
| 21 | Ratners caught a few eyes after being pegged to losses of £27m . |
| 22 | The dog opened a lazy eye to watch them safe out . |
| 23 | Incidentally ; the choice of these two films represents a critical opinion , not only of their special effects though these are outstanding too , even if Oscar turned a blind eye but of the films as a whole . |
| 24 | Angelina turned a cold eye on him . |
| 25 | Matt sent an appraising eye over her . |
| 26 | Down in Australia Brian Johnston cast a knowing eye round the field and told his audience of millions that Neil Harvey was standing with his legs apart , waiting for a tickle . |
| 27 | Stalin 's collectivization and industrialization drive launched at the end of the 1920s was accompanied by untold horrors : acute deprivation of workers and peasants alike , epitomized by a catastrophic famine in 1933 to which the government turned a blind eye ; repression and imprisonment on a truly mass scale ; and the blood-letting of the Great Terror of 1936–38 . |
| 28 | Almost immediately the party was reconstituted , but this time Göring kept a watchful eye on the Danzigers . |
| 29 | Around the bay the hills had been cleared , and patches of emerald fields punctuated by tiny white-washed cottages carried the wistful eye back to the countryside of Ireland . |
| 30 | Amy ran a tearful eye over his not inconsiderable bulk and smiled damply . |