Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] eyes [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gulped , and fixed my eyes on the blood-red pen on the desk . |
| 2 | She strained her eyes into the broken circle of darkness , and a breath of ancient tension and fear seemed to issue chillingly from the hole the river had torn in history . |
| 3 | The girl in the Chinese house-coat narrowed her eyes upon the central figure in the tableau before her , and the supple lines of her face sharpened into crystal , and lost their smiling gaiety . |
| 4 | My blaster , ’ she said , backing towards a wall and keeping her eyes on the widening gap between the doors . |
| 5 | Rose ignored her , keeping her eyes on the rattling carriage , holding herself in a permanent half crouch , like a sprinter at the starting post . |
| 6 | Viola Machin , nevertheless , seemed impervious to it : she stood in bosomy grief , in a becoming coat of umber shade , dabbing her eyes at the pathetic bits of the service ; Desmond , in a heavy black coat , managed only an insurance agent 's decorous grief ; and Hilary looked as if cheerfulness might keep breaking through — which would probably , after all , be what Hilda would have liked most . |
| 7 | She fixed her eyes on the jagged line of rocks to which she had to climb . |
| 8 | Bracing her feet against the Angharad 's deck , she fixed her eyes on the grey smudge of land in the distance , willing it to come nearer . |
| 9 | Hastily averting her eyes from the strong arched column of his tanned throat as he emptied his glass , she retraced her steps to the kitchen . |
| 10 | From the clifftop he watched the small figure of Detective Furness in his red anorak on the saddle below , twisting from one side to another as he strained his eyes against the bright sunlight to search for his charge . |
| 11 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |
| 12 | He fixed his eyes on the cloaked figure and waited . |
| 13 | She shot a look at Alain , but looked away very speedily when she found his eyes on the sudden curve of her lips . |
| 14 | She was obviously under the influence of drugs , booze or both and as we approached , typically averting our eyes from the embarrassing spectacle , a girl of about 11 wiped a candle of yellow mucus from the woman 's nose and resignedly helped her to her feet , staring at us with old , resentful eyes as we passed , reminding me of myself and the Saturday afternoon rescue missions . |
| 15 | The Labour party now shuts its eyes to the two , three or four-person household , and it ignores the single pensioner living alone . |
| 16 | It was hard to see and Delia Sutherland walked , sheltering her eyes with the large brown envelope Rosen had given her . |
| 17 | The lawyer never spoke to anyone , never smiled and never lifted his eyes from the innumerable papers he seemed to be reading through his monocle . |
| 18 | At length , shielding my eyes against the dazzling ripples , I returned to land . |
| 19 | As so often occurs in these situations , I had become blind to the obvious — that is , until my pondering over the implications of Miss Kenton 's letter finally opened my eyes to the simple truth : that these small errors of recent months have derived from nothing more sinister than a faulty staff plan . |
| 20 | A rough horseblanket rubbed against my chin and a lacy canopy of cow parsley shaded my eyes from the bright light . |
| 21 | Over the coming months , Leo opened her eyes to the other Manhattan , to another America . |
| 22 | She had n't moved or made a sound , just opened her eyes in the red-tinged darkness and seen him there without surprise as if she had been aware of his presence ever since he arrived . |
| 23 | She looked abruptly away and turned her eyes to the small villages they sped through , pretty places with interesting-looking shops . |
| 24 | She held up her hand to shade her eyes against the fierce sun . |
| 25 | They made out a shadowy form in front of them , by shielding their eyes against the blinding glare . |
| 26 | Robyn twisted around quickly and cursed again , narrowing her eyes against the throbbing pain in her head . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't expect her to have a gun , ’ said Brian Kellerman , peering at the cottage , shielding his eyes from the driving rain . |
| 28 | The priest burst out of the lock-up , shielding his eyes against the bright sunlight . |
| 29 | Loppe turned his eyes from the victorious , the vibrant , the magnificent figure and looked instead towards the chill , battered walls of Famagusta . |
| 30 | But I can see his eyes in the little mirror . |