Example sentences of "ever [verb] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're going to regret the day you ever laid eyes on Matthew , ’ Sandra hissed . |
| 2 | She had eyes as bright as buttons , a sharp wit and the most beautiful pair of shoulders I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 3 | White as marble , with the juiciest and roundest pair of tits I had ever clapped eyes on . |
| 4 | I was hustled away to a cold , stone-flagged cell beneath the Guildhall which I shared with two of the biggest rats I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 5 | Sir John Dacourt , the ambassador , was squat and florid , with frizzed white hair , light blue eyes , and the most luxuriant curling moustache I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 6 | And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye . |
| 7 | you ever set eyes on me . ’ |
| 8 | Dinner was plate after plate of food he 'd hardly ever set eyes on , let alone eaten : caviar , bortsch , salmon , duck . |
| 9 | Dressed in an English Savile Row suit he was probably the most handsome man she 'd ever set eyes on . |
| 10 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And let's pray this is the last time I need ever set eyes on you ! ’ |
| 12 | I will dwell in the frigid lands with my bride , and no man shall ever set eyes on us again ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's like nothing I 've ever laid eyes on before . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Neither , it seems , has the population ever set eyes on an American . |
| 16 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Howard , ’ he says , ‘ I think this is far and away the subtlest , most exciting … zaniest … most realizable , wittiest , sexiest … most lovable White Paper that I have ever set eyes on . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't think I 've ever set eyes on her , ’ said Jack . |
| 19 | No sea that Marion had ever set eyes on was that particular shade of transparent , light-filled turquoise . |
| 20 | Guy 's just about the most irresistible male I 've ever set eyes on , ’ Lucy said dreamily , adding hastily , ‘ Next to Charles , of course ! ’ |
| 21 | Few here had ever set eyes on the man they were mourning , but they saw in his act the ultimate sacrifice for their dream of independence . |
| 22 | She 'd distrusted him from afar , for some time , even before leaving London , before ever setting eyes on him . |
| 23 | Class of Year Three children The " Keeper " is a guard who has been blinded to stop him ever setting eyes on the magic jewels . |
| 24 | Frankly , she could survive in great happiness for a very long time without ever setting eyes on him again . |
| 25 | It is very easy to build up quite a dislike of The-Most-Important-Film-Star-Of-The-Nineties before ever clapping eyes on him . |