Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] eye on " in BNC.
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1 | Probably only collecting rents or some such thing , but it will be better if they do n't lay eyes on you . |
2 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
3 | Now I comes to think on it , I 've not set eyes on Black Will since afore we went to the Garden Tower last evening . ’ |
4 | I 've not set eyes on her since I got back . ’ |
5 | ‘ I 'm trying to recall if I 've ever set eyes on her ; I 've a vague memory of a plump wee lass at a cousin 's wedding three or four years back . |
6 | I do n't think I 've ever set eyes on her , ’ said Jack . |
7 | ‘ It 's like nothing I 've ever laid eyes on before . ’ |
8 | I 've never set eyes on him . |
9 | ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question , ’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday . ’ |
10 | And I 've never laid eyes on Vera . ’ |
11 | ‘ I 've never laid eyes on 'em before , ’ he replied , ‘ but I 'll never ferget the bloke who laid me out . |
12 | " I 've never laid eyes on him , " Mrs. Butler said . |
13 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
14 | ‘ And let's pray this is the last time I need ever set eyes on you ! ’ |
15 | I have n't laid eyes on you in an age . |
16 | ‘ Down here we have n't set eyes on a banana for years ! |
17 | ‘ To my certain knowledge , Wendy , I have never set eyes on anyone called Margot Iverson in my life before . ’ |
18 | As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science ’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co-operation and makes them glad and proud to do so ’ ( p. 8 ) . |