Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My eyes went to the desk . |
| 2 | My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket . |
| 3 | The tables and the chairs , the cups and the spoons , the stains on the wall , the dust on the floor , the ache in my mind — all these things and everything else in sight mercifully receded for whole minutes at a time as my eyes took in the picture of that girl with the black hair , the pale face and the red boots . |
| 4 | I 'd no idea how I was going to deal with this until my eyes settled on the grate . |
| 5 | My eyes flitted around the table . |
| 6 | There were two men in the front , both masked so that only their eyes showed through the slits . |
| 7 | Pupils then drew the path that their eyes travelled round the picture . |
| 8 | Its eyes swivelled to the table beside it . |
| 9 | Her eyes glowed with the remembrance of things past . |
| 10 | Her eyes drank in the cameo of the small child held by the tall man . |
| 11 | Her eyes ran over the company for a moment , and then she turned away to go inside again . |
| 12 | In a fast sweep her eyes ran from the top of his dark head down to the tips of his elegant feet , and she bit back a groan as she realised that that tempting glimpse of his body had done nothing to prepare her for Luke Calder in the magnificent flesh . |
| 13 | Her mother was the original cockeyed optimist , Jo thought fondly , as her eyes strayed to the window . |
| 14 | Her eyes strayed to the card that she still held in her hand and she almost started as she saw , written in plain bold print , a name that had featured with such regularity recently in the headlines of the business section of the local newspaper that she could not fail to recognise it . |
| 15 | Her eyes darted round the club as though seeking an escape route and she gave a hollow groan . |
| 16 | Her eyes twinkled with the fun of it all . |
| 17 | Her eyes gleamed in the candlelight . |
| 18 | Momentarily undecided as to whether to go on looking or to give up the chase there and then , her eyes lingered on the stranger 's face , and for a heart-beat , or less , his features blurred , and in their flux , caught as if by the sun off a wing in the stratosphere , she saw Gentle , his hair swept back from his high forehead , his grey eyes all yearning , his mouth , which she 'd not known she missed till now , ready to break into a smile . |
| 19 | Her eyes glanced round the room before coming to rest on the lithe and handsome man sitting opposite . |
| 20 | So her eyes fell on the water jar . |
| 21 | A fierce , terrified elation raced through her veins as her eyes fell on the knife only an inch away from her hand . |
| 22 | Her eyes fell to the paint-peeled , much loved miniature moke which was clutched tight in his plump fist . |
| 23 | Her eyes flickered to the cabaret . |
| 24 | His wife took him into her body , and her eyes glittered in the half-darkness . |
| 25 | Breeze cried sharply , and her eyes travelled to the hook by the hat-stand where his lead always hung . |
| 26 | Her eyes shone in the gloom . |
| 27 | Robyn could smell the freshness of his cologne , see the way his eyes crinkled at the corners , notice for the first time the thickness of his lashes , the way his ebony hair would curl if allowed to grow long . |
| 28 | His eyes drifted over the side . |
| 29 | His eyes darted to the door . |
| 30 | His eyes darted along the beach in reckless agony , which no amount of jogging or kayaking was able to dispel . |