Example sentences of "set eye [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd be happy if I never had to set eyes on you again ! ’
2 ‘ Are you hinting you have no wish to set eyes on this place again ? ’
3 She 'd be quite happy never to set eyes on him again .
4 Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it .
5 He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood .
6 You know what it 's like to part wi' your grandchild , to know there 'll be others you 'll not set eyes on ?
7 The women are also warned by the men that if they , the women , should set eyes on the masks of the ceremony , the men would manhandle , rape , and disfigure them .
8 ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’
9 He 'd wish that he 'd never set eyes on the Ashdown girl .
10 Imagine my father 's feelings , knowing that he 'd probably never set eyes on Venice again , ’ she said , her emotions making the words husky .
11 ‘ And let's pray this is the last time I need ever set eyes on you ! ’
12 I will dwell in the frigid lands with my bride , and no man shall ever set eyes on us again ! ’
13 ‘ You could have , after all , been stranded with someone you 'd never set eyes on — someone who was n't the least bit hospitable .
14 No sooner did she set eyes on the gentleman than she recognised his pecuniary position to be merely temporary .
15 Was it only Friday when she 'd first set eyes on those features that appealed to her so strongly ?
16 For if I have my way , when this custody suit is over you 'll never set eyes on Kirsty again . ’
17 There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat .
18 People like Niall , like Michael Morrissey , who do know what it is like to be poor and shat on , the bottom of the whole U.K. heap , they know I 'm nothing when they set eyes on me .
19 ‘ THIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons finally set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains rising in fairyland fantasy before the rising sun .
20 John Samuel at Park City , Utah , on the opening races of the new season Cannons put smile on Willi 's Face ‘ T HIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains .
21 ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on .
22 I fell madly in love with this area of Scotland the first time I set eyes on it , and subsequently crawled all over it for years , marvelling at how many caves Bonnie Prince Charlie managed to occupy in his escape from the Redcoats .
23 ‘ From the moment I set eyes on you I have n't been able to think of anything else .
24 Though when they set eyes on her , her sails were furled , to Ruth she looked magnificent .
25 She only worked at Pembroke Lodge for four weeks and I hardly set eyes on her .
26 you ever set eyes on me . ’
27 ‘ I never set eyes on Parmiggiani 's installation ’
28 But I never set eyes on him , me . "
29 I 'm making him wish he never set eyes on me .
30 The moment we set eyes on each other … six years ago . ’
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