Example sentences of "[pron] eyes were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lay still for what seemed like ages , my eyes were riveted to the figures lying in the road . |
| 2 | We entered the room and Mum began to look round , but my eyes were drawn to the bed . |
| 3 | I saw white wool carpets on the gleaming floor and also glimpsed clothing of the costliest taffeta , lace and cambric , but my eyes were drawn to the great silk-draped four-poster bed . |
| 4 | Ella noticed , with some alarm , that their eyes were fixed upon the silver basket which Dimity was proffering . |
| 5 | All through the night her eyes were fixed on the lights of Casterbridge , the end of her journey . |
| 6 | Her eyes were swollen under the thick green and black make-up . |
| 7 | ’ Her eyes were slitted in the gathering dusk , but her voice was clear . |
| 8 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 9 | Her eyes were closed against the glare of lights overhead , but still their dazzle came through . |
| 10 | Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light . |
| 11 | She began to slowly pull back , but her eyes were trapped in the sudden , melting caress in his gaze . |
| 12 | Despite a flaring anger at this impertinence her eyes were drawn to the strong column of his throat as he swallowed . |
| 13 | Her eyes were drawn by the stone immediately . |
| 14 | Her eyes were drawn by the impenetrable blackness of the alleys between the parade of houses opposite , a clutch of raucous youths tumbling out of a Victorian plastic pub on the corner and a drunk dressed in a greasy jacket sitting on a bench set back from the road . |
| 15 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 16 | ’ His eyes were fixed on the hint of plumpness under the girl 's armpit . |
| 17 | His eyes were fixed on the place where the path disappeared into the fog . |
| 18 | Roylott was sitting on a chair , and his eyes were fixed on the air-vent . |
| 19 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 20 | He was n't looking at me as he spoke , his eyes were fixed on the tatty door of the Mimosa . |
| 21 | His eyes were lost in the fire . |
| 22 | Though his eyes were narrowed against the sun , there was no mistaking the glitter in them , and Polly felt her skin tingle as she coloured . |
| 23 | Just when his eyes were adjusting to the gloom , the novice ahead of him threw open a door , and Gabriel emerged into pale but blinding sunlight flaring in low through the window of the gallery . |
| 24 | Though his eyes were weakening by the moment , his gaze was still more acute than that of the blossoming ape . |
| 25 | His eyes were hidden behind the Raybans again now , but his sideways glance was quizzical . |
| 26 | His eyes were peeled for the main chance — but where was it ? |
| 27 | Behind his Oakley sunglasses his eyes were focused on the inner drama of his own existence . |
| 28 | His eyes were glued to the two men now sitting on his couch . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a fine fight , ’ Isay said , and his eyes were shining in the candlelight . |
| 30 | Our eyes were glued to the large plate into which she was placing the cooked ones . |