Example sentences of "[unc] eye for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burun held Rostov 's eyes for a moment . |
| 2 | Then , holding the younger woman 's eyes for a moment , she asked , ‘ Can I trust you , Ellie ? ’ |
| 3 | Then she deliberately held Ronni 's eyes for a moment . |
| 4 | A dispensing optician supplies glasses , but does n't test your child 's eyes for the prescription . |
| 5 | Mountbatten 's especial qualification in Attlee 's eyes for the job of viceroy was his success in getting the Burmese nationalists to come in on the British side in the closing stages of the war ; it was Attlee 's firm belief in later life , as indeed it was Mountbatten 's , that if Mountbatten had been left in charge in Rangoon , Burma would never have left the Commonwealth . |
| 6 | Originally of rugby stock , but with a cricketer 's eye for a ball , he underwent a sea-change to become an excellent hockey player with calm skills and battling determination . |
| 7 | The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut . |
| 8 | Jannie cleared the plates away , catching Bob 's eye for a moment and pushing her bottom lip up in mock guilt . |