Example sentences of "eye to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those blind eyes to animal cruelty |
| 2 | It is no good closing our eyes to asylum and the pressures on our European borders — the borders of affluent countries — if we do nothing to resolve economic problems that cause people to become economic migrants . |
| 3 | She raised her eyes to Surkov . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 5 | Robin and Jenny both told her she shut her eyes to things she did n't like . |
| 6 | It was their last night and Ruth turned her misty eyes to Fernando . |
| 7 | Joe had gauged that the ‘ he ’ she referred to was the uncle and the reference to Pitman 's shorthand brought his eyes to Mick and his face ready to go into a grin ; but something in Mick 's expression checked it and he listened to him saying , ‘ She 's a bright lass , is Carrie . ’ |
| 8 | In that bitter paradox , he has given ‘ eyes to blindness ’ , made his eyes ‘ swear against the thing they see ’ ; similarly here , his judgement ‘ censures falsely ’ what his eyes ‘ see aright ’ . |
| 9 | She raised her eyes to Desmond 's . |
| 10 | The Arctic Ocean from this distance , about a metre from eyes to surface , is even more wonderful than it seemed in Tromsø . |
| 11 | Grégoire raised his dark eyes to Edouard 's face . |
| 12 | He did not raise his eyes to Melanie but stared at the backs of his hands . |
| 13 | She flicked her eyes to Steve standing on the porch terrace eagerly awaiting admittance to a house of horror . |
| 14 | She raised her eyes to Lilith 's . |
| 15 | And having found a vantage-point where he had a clear view of the meadows and was himself sheltered , he halted his pony and stood to watch , narrowing his eyes to single out coat-armour , and number the forces in the English party . |
| 16 | Back in New York , John Wilcock was still writing his column , still hanging out with the Realist 's Paul Krassner , and had moved from New York Times travel writing to travel books , indeed an opus on Mexico had begun to open — or dilate — his eyes to drugs . |
| 17 | Three eclipses will activate parts of the Virgo horoscope , open your eyes to possibilities and ensure that you get out of any ruts . |
| 18 | The Anglican Information Office in Australia has published a handbook for Christians using the media entitled Ears to Hear , Eyes to See . |
| 19 | Ears to Hear , Eyes to See : A Handbook for Christians using the Media ( paperback , 128 pages ) is available from the Anglican Information office , PO Box Q , 190 Queen Victoria Building , Sydney NSW 2000 , Australia . |
| 20 | court should not shut its eyes to fact that statistically one in three marriages end in divorce . |
| 21 | Raising her eyes to Rozanov , she asked in lighter tones how he was enjoying his first visit to England . |
| 22 | He preferred brown eyes to blue . |
| 23 | Lifting up his eyes to heaven , he prayed , ‘ Lord , pity , pity , pity the ignorance of this poor city ’ . |
| 24 | Jamila raised her eyes to heaven . |
| 25 | As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well done , Mason , ’ said the stockbroker curtly after Jack 's eagle and Jack raised his eyes to heaven but said nothing . |
| 27 | Albert raised his eyes to heaven . |
| 28 | Christina raised her eyes to heaven . |
| 29 | Ripley ‘ became servant to this miserable female ’ , helped her on with borrowed clothes , ‘ lifted up my eyes to Heaven , and asked , Why is this not me Lord ? ’ |
| 30 | He rolled his eyes to heaven in mock devotion , and intoned , ‘ Give me a husband , ora pro nobis . |