Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] eyes to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Embarrassed , I dropped my eyes to the hymnsheet in front of me . |
| 2 | I opened my eyes to the sun riding high over Fair Hill . |
| 3 | I opened my eyes to the sound of yet more crashing of dustbin lids , gales of laughter and the occasional scream coming from behind the bushes . |
| 4 | And with an involuntary movement I raised my eyes to the sky — where God was — beseeching Him , wanting Him to see my fear and my contrition . |
| 5 | I returned my eyes to the axe . |
| 6 | But I keep my eyes to the front . |
| 7 | She dropped her eyes to the mug , unable to face his withering scorn . |
| 8 | She dropped her eyes to the tablecloth , suddenly confused and deeply ashamed of herself . |
| 9 | She dropped her eyes to the desk , staring unseeingly at the ledger lying on the polished wooden surface . |
| 10 | She raises her eyes to the wonder of its beauty , sometimes tilting her head as if listening to the music echoing round her . |
| 11 | She swivelled her eyes to the potatoes Léonie was fetching from their earthy resting-place on the larder floor . |
| 12 | She opened her eyes to the darkness , a darkness too often populated before sleep by those familiar , reproachful , childish faces , brown , black and white , bending over her , asking why she had deserted them when they loved her and thought that she had loved them . |
| 13 | She raised her eyes to the sky . |
| 14 | She raised her eyes to the weightless tons stacked above their heads . |
| 15 | It was only as she was heading out into the road that she raised her eyes to the rear-view mirror . |
| 16 | Turmoil raged within her as she battled to find an answer to the seemingly insurmountable dilemma , and she raised her eyes to the grey skies as though a solution could be found there . |
| 17 | The music was amateurish and the performers self-conscious , but the evening was so beautiful that if you shut your eyes to the cars and the new shop blocks you might imagine yourself briefly in Shakespeare 's England . |
| 18 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 19 | May we never become so worldly that we close our eyes to the miracle and mystery of life . |
| 20 | May we open our eyes to the problems in the world around us and may we do whatever we can to make other people 's lives happier . |
| 21 | As one , they raised their eyes to the ceiling . |
| 22 | She looked flirtatiously at Urquhart and held his gaze before he dropped his eyes to the table . |
| 23 | Yes , it opened my eyes to the plight of socialists and Labour Party members in England and to the fact that not all the English voted Tory , particularly in the north . |
| 24 | He opened his eyes to the quiet darkness , the moonlight , the breeze from the window that his helper had opened . |
| 25 | He followed her eyes to the sides of the room where there were huge tapestries depicting nymphs and shepherds playing in a landscape filled with trees and winding streams . |
| 26 | as if seized with prophetic fire he raised his eyes to the ceiling , and said : |
| 27 | As go-between , the Spirit not only teaches us the truth of God , he opens our eyes to the one in whom that truth became incarnate , and guides us in our lives . |
| 28 | Will he turn his eyes to the country as a whole and to the north — to the West Riding and my own constituency , where the health service is thought to be one of the best in Europe ? |