Example sentences of "[pos pn] eyes [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allowed my eyes to wander over the whole of it , he wrote , and almost with satisfaction . |
| 2 | Her eyes ran over the company for a moment , and then she turned away to go inside again . |
| 3 | Walking slowly , she allowed her eyes to roam over the seated lunchers , hoping to catch sight of Suzie 's dark curls , but although once or twice her heart leapt to her mouth in anticipation of discovery she was finally forced to admit defeat . |
| 4 | Her eyes moved over the room too . |
| 5 | ’ Her eyes flicked over the Louis XIV furniture of the formal salon . |
| 6 | Her eyes swept over the audience as far as she could see beyond the footlights . |
| 7 | Then , as her eyes swept over the crowd clustered round the stage , she did a double-take , spotting one figure much larger and more powerful than the rest . |
| 8 | She paused to give her words maximum effect and let her eyes flit over the assembly . |
| 9 | Rory sighed heavily as she let her eyes roam over the sparsely populated dance floor . |
| 10 | Her eyes roamed over the chattering women , all fawning over him , tossing their heads , slanting their eyes at him and laughing prettily . |
| 11 | Katherine gazed into the fire , the leaping flames , let her eyes play over the fine marble hearth , the painting by George Grosz above it , with its hectic planes , its lurid faces , a satirist 's black view of life in the metropolis . |
| 12 | He was keeping his head pointed firmly downwards , but he could feel a disresonance and his eyes searched over the stencilling shading of rock , scrub and moor . |
| 13 | His eyes drifted over the side . |
| 14 | Nervously his eyes flicked over the screen . |
| 15 | Bicker shrugged , but his eyes flicked over the fire for a second to Riven . |
| 16 | His eyes played over the building in front of them — a jumble of towers , crenellations and massive walls with a sagging Rag of St George above the gatehouse picked out in the beam of a spotlight . |
| 17 | Dexter let his eyes wander over the crates on the floor , brimming with files and books , and on to a dusty azalea on the window-sill for which he sensed a twinge of sadness . |
| 18 | His eyes flickered over the bulging hold-all . |
| 19 | That day ’ wherever he went , decision and order followed him ’ As his eyes roved over the terrain , speedily the agile mind made its appreciation . |
| 20 | Dexter let his eyes play over the clutter designed to bless the pub with a friendly air : two post horns slung like bombs from the ceiling , mock Tudor beams , lines of plates balanced on every available ledge , and a grubby portrait of the Queen hung in dusty splendour above the bar . |
| 21 | A bitter smile crossed his face as his eyes ranged over the top men in the giant corporation . |
| 22 | His eyes roamed over the small type indifferently . |
| 23 | His eyes roamed over the faces in front of him . |