Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] eye [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Ever since I laid eyes on Dominic Wetherby I 've been unable to rest . |
2 | She lifted eyes like gem-stones , ruby-bright in the light of the torches , black , surely , in full daylight . |
3 | Kukuli was Quechua for ‘ beautiful bird ’ and even in the dim light of the carriage I could see she had eyes like stars . |
4 | As soon as she set eyes on Giles Carnaby again she knew that whatever it was it was not a case of cure ; her heart thumped , she felt unstable . |
5 | He had the Intelligence and the Security and the Branch all burrowing in their computers for an Englishman called Colt who wiped people for the cause of the Republic of Iraq , and he had sweet nothing to do , unless he went eye to eye with the mysteries of the thermostat . |
6 | Once he set eyes on Albert , he knew that the old man was very sick indeed . |