Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] eyes [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The darker grey cravat made his eyes look bluer , his skin more tanned . |
| 2 | Woolley watched her eyes close and the lids stop flickering . |
| 3 | Ruth let her eyes dwell on the forest . |
| 4 | Rain saw his eyes go to the clock . |
| 5 | Not for a moment did his eyes sweep around the mountain heights which everywhere peered down on this upturned basin of ancient civilisation . |
| 6 | Her blue skirt and jacket made her eyes look like azure pools , and she had given herself extra time to wash her hair , which now framed her face with tendrils of spun gold . |
| 7 | Fran let her eyes linger on the scarred red paintwork and shattered windows of her little Fiesta , then looked away with a sigh . |
| 8 | How could you refute it when just the memory of his scathing comments made your eyes fill with tears ? |
| 9 | Jessica felt her eyes close but could see the light , two hot white searchlights , hot red spots . |
| 10 | The shock was mutual , for Sophie saw his eyes widen in astonishment , but his momentary smile of pleasure was instantly suppressed . |
| 11 | His glasses with their steel frames made his eyes look chilly , merciless . |
| 12 | The banisters were bees'-waxed ; and the very stair-wires made your eyes wink , they were so glittering . |
| 13 | Anne felt her eyes fill with tears as she looked at Helen and Tony kneeling at the altar during their Nuptial Mass : Helen so tiny and ethereal and Tony proud and protective beside her , looking at each other with love . |
| 14 | Adam did as he was told , making a hurried exit , and Rourke let his eyes skim coldly over Lissa . |
| 15 | Just for a moment Patrick and Chris let their eyes meet , but not for long . |
| 16 | The anger in his face made his eyes glow , reminding Athelstan of the figure of St John the Baptist in a mummer 's play . |
| 17 | Dexter let his eyes wander over the crates on the floor , brimming with files and books , and on to a dusty azalea on the window-sill for which he sensed a twinge of sadness . |
| 18 | Dexter let his eyes play over the clutter designed to bless the pub with a friendly air : two post horns slung like bombs from the ceiling , mock Tudor beams , lines of plates balanced on every available ledge , and a grubby portrait of the Queen hung in dusty splendour above the bar . |
| 19 | As Blanche and Russell chatted on about some Woody Allen film , Dexter let his eyes glaze over . |
| 20 | Quiss felt his eyes start to smart in the fume-laden atmosphere , and as he peered through the grey , yellow and brown clouds of rising steam and smoke , thought of suggesting to the seneschal — if he ever found him — that he somehow persuade the scullions powering these airwheels that they should run rather than walk . |