Example sentences of "eye [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to see , ’ said Pearce , without taking his eyes off Rohmer . |
| 2 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 3 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
| 4 | Helen , never taking her eyes off Alexandra , craned sideways so that she could wind a finger round and round in a hole in her black stocking . |
| 5 | John poured himself another drink without taking his eyes off Maggie . |
| 6 | Without taking his penetrating eyes off Mungo , he held out his hands like a graceful , unhurried conjurer to show that he was hiding nothing . |
| 7 | ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel . |
| 8 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
| 9 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ said Rohmer , without taking his eyes off Cardiff . |
| 11 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 12 | She did n't take her eyes off Frank . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear . |
| 14 | Terry burst out laughing , causing all the people in the restaurant to take their eyes off Maura and begin staring at him . |
| 15 | ‘ Throw me out , ’ said Kelly without taking her eyes off Broom-Parker , ‘ and the whiskers come too . |
| 16 | In the other corner , Carmella had her hand in Joey 's , who , as usual , could n't keep his eyes off Noreen . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , just keep an eye on it , ’ said Duvall , without taking his eyes off Jimmy , and meaning Barbara . |
| 18 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 19 | He could n't keep his eyes off Ace . |
| 20 | There 's no real hurry , it 's not till 11.30 ) chatting brightly to hide the hollow empty absence of anything at all in the way of feeling , and kept my eyes off Toby 's face which had a look on it as if someone were dragging his insides out . |
| 21 | I 've settled with her ; she knows her place , ’ Rose said over her shoulder , not taking her eyes off Coffin 's face . |
| 22 | He searched her eyes for signs of contempt and loathing , but all he could see was sympathy . |
| 23 | Henry looked at her more closely , mistaking the dark rings round her eyes for signs of late nights and fast living . |
| 24 | In some numbers he wrote half the contents ; in others , especially at the time of an operation on his eyes for glaucoma , little . |
| 25 | I said hello to everybody and looked into their eyes for hints of recognition — that these famous musical arbiters and copy- fuhrers might remember my earlier attempts to bum a job on the journo rollercoaster . |
| 26 | Prince Charles , honoured by being momentarily cast a Chinese emperor , dabbed ink on the lion 's eyes for luck . |
| 27 | Poems of the Past and the Present ( 1901 , dated 1902 ) was more warmly received , partly because some of the Boer War poems — distinguished in one commentator 's eyes for dwelling ‘ not on the glory , but on the piteousness of the struggle ’ — were already familiar through the newspapers . |
| 28 | ‘ If she finds me with you she 'll have my eyes for marbles . ’ |
| 29 | Blue larkspur against a table-slip of faded mauve velvet , oh ! how unutterably delicious it is to tired eyes For half-a-crown , one of those gigantic glazed brown earthenware jugs ( filled with cream ) and for 5 ½d. each half a dozen tiny ones to match . |
| 30 | Paint your eyes for Daddy |