Example sentences of "eyes to [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | The Arctic Ocean from this distance , about a metre from eyes to surface , is even more wonderful than it seemed in Tromsø . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Anglican Information Office in Australia has published a handbook for Christians using the media entitled Ears to Hear , Eyes to See . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | court should not shut its eyes to fact that statistically one in three marriages end in divorce . |
| 9 | He preferred brown eyes to blue . |
| 10 | Lifting up his eyes to heaven , he prayed , ‘ Lord , pity , pity , pity the ignorance of this poor city ’ . |
| 11 | Jamila raised her eyes to heaven . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well done , Mason , ’ said the stockbroker curtly after Jack 's eagle and Jack raised his eyes to heaven but said nothing . |
| 14 | Albert raised his eyes to heaven . |
| 15 | Christina raised her eyes to heaven . |
| 16 | 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 ? ’ |
| 17 | He rolled his eyes to heaven in mock devotion , and intoned , ‘ Give me a husband , ora pro nobis . |
| 18 | ‘ Immacolata has learned the recipe in her Domestic Science period at school , with some improvements , ’ Maria Filippa said , raising her eyes to heaven at the crudeness of the teacher 's version , so that her eyebrows , already high in her forehead , jumped into her hairline . |
| 19 | She felt solitary and isolated , as though she were missing out on something very necessary , while the others discussed their families , raising their eyes to heaven , complaining about the circumstances of their lives in that particular way women do when they do n't really want to change a thing . |
| 20 | " Yes , Miss Moon , " Rebecca sighed , and lifter her eyes to heaven as she opened her book . |
| 21 | I raise my eyes to heaven and scream for mercy . |
| 22 | Rex turned his eyes to Heaven . |
| 23 | Mrs. Butler brought in the tea , and raised her eyes to heaven when she saw Jenny weeping again . |
| 24 | Noting that the amateur code is still alive and well in Canada , Hadley nevertheless feels the time has come , as he says , for the powers-that-be to open their eyes to reality . |
| 25 | The President appealed to his compatriots to stand with him in support of the war , declaring that its cost in lives " is beyond our power to measure , but the cost of closing our eyes to aggression is beyond mankind 's power to imagine " . |
| 26 | Depending on which muscles are involuntarily clenched to suppress which feeling , for how long , and with what force , so people lay themselves open to the range of stress symptoms , from staring eyes to constipation ; from tics to migraines ; from vomiting to lower back pain ; from insomnia to nosebleeds . |
| 27 | Medically , they will surely pull her ears to destruction , which is her own problem , but , televisually , they pull the viewer 's eyes to distraction , which is ours . |