Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you seek to see them with loving eyes , you will experience their beauty and be aware of their good points while making allowances for whatever may be lacking . |
| 2 | It was fortunate , Isabel decided , that the screen shielded her from curious eyes as she changed her shift . |
| 3 | She fixed him with anxious eyes . |
| 4 | He regarded her with ironic eyes , his lips a little pursed . |
| 5 | He stuffed his hands in his trouser-pockets and regarded her with enigmatic eyes . |
| 6 | As he strode towards the door , Ashley regarded him with cold eyes . |
| 7 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 8 | She noticed the card , noticed me with widening eyes , and in a short while detached herself from the owners and stood and waited . |
| 9 | He studied her with narrowed eyes , then brushed a cool palm across her forehead to smooth the frown imprinted there . |
| 10 | He studied her with narrowed eyes . |
| 11 | He studied her with glittering eyes , his face darkly flushed . |
| 12 | She took to living in her swimsuit , a colourful sarong tied at her hips , long black hair streaming loose and silken down her slender back , and Damian would watch her with intent eyes as she moved around the house , his eyes eating her up as she grew more and more sensual , her inhibitions almost completely erased by his lovemaking . |
| 13 | Damian opened the door of the white Mercedes , surveyed her with narrowed eyes . |
| 14 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her through narrowed eyes . |
| 15 | He surveyed her through narrowed eyes . |
| 16 | She tried to imagine him with blue eyes , or brown — or even grey , like her own ; but she could n't . |
| 17 | The Damsels view her with malignant Eyes : |
| 18 | He protected her like a lover , shielding her from curious eyes as they climbed the steep steps of the Rialto bridge with its shops on either side . |
| 19 | Take a familiar place and describe it through unfamiliar eyes . |
| 20 | But the only thing there was a fragile gecko , which clung splay-footed to the wall and watched me with cloudy eyes . |
| 21 | In part , it says : ‘ I have not met bad people , I have never been robbed and whenever I left a village , people waved me with tearful eyes . |
| 22 | A fat white cat sat on a wall and watched them with sleepy eyes . |
| 23 | But the playmaster himself came to look him over and turn him about and about , examining him through narrowed eyes and hearing over his lines . |
| 24 | Tutilo fronted him with unwavering eyes , but said nothing . |
| 25 | Kurt watched her with narrowed eyes . |
| 26 | Finally , he turned to her , and watched her with narrow eyes . |
| 27 | She watched him with stormy eyes , the gold chain which she wore around her neck rising and falling with each agitated breath she drew . |
| 28 | He has little knowledge of a shepherd 's life since he writes his idyllic poem from the town , as a wealthy poet , and can not possibly see the reality as one would have it from experienced eyes . |
| 29 | Coming back to the family after being away for so long except for short periods , Joe saw them with new eyes . |
| 30 | Luke leaned back against the balcony railing , regarding her with bright eyes . |