Example sentences of "open [pron] eye " in BNC.
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1 | Opening my eyes I saw that Rozanov had pitched to the floor . |
2 | On opening my eyes I did n't dare to imagine that this would have worked . |
3 | ‘ No , ’ I sighed , opening my eyes as a series of splashes announced another chaotic event on the spillway . |
4 | She accepted them without opening her eyes . |
5 | ‘ It 's a pity about Celia , is n't it , ’ she said , opening her eyes . |
6 | ‘ Why , Wilson , ’ Mrs Browning said , opening her eyes wide , ‘ it had not occurred to me , nor I am sure to my husband , to think Ferdinando might not go with us . |
7 | Susan was already opening her eyes . |
8 | She was not grief-stricken the way she had been when her father died , but sorrow was a weight which kept her from opening her eyes on a world where she would sorely miss his company . |
9 | Yes , I 'm all right , ’ Tamar replied , opening her eyes and then veiling them with the black sweep of her lashes , but not before Tempy had seen the gleam of triumph in their topaz depths . |
10 | Now she pleased Miss Beard by opening her eyes wide and looking suitably impressed . |
11 | Pity for her again seeped through until , opening her eyes , she said , and in a quiet appealing voice now , ‘ Promise me , Joe , you wo n't see that girl again . ’ |
12 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
13 | That same night he had written a letter which she first saw on opening her eyes , which she had read over her coffee , wearing , she remembered now , her new negligee with its neck of coral swansdown . |
14 | She said , opening her eyes , Rings on her fingers , bells on her toes … ’ ' |
15 | ‘ What ! ’ said the young woman , opening her eyes wide . |
16 | Felicity laughs quietly , without opening her eyes . |
17 | Melissa turned her head without opening her eyes . |
18 | Claudia woke up slowly , opening her eyes and closing them immediately against the light that poured in through long narrow windows . |
19 | ‘ No doubt , ’ said Viola , opening her eyes a fraction to peer malevolently from under the slits . |
20 | She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her . |
21 | She knew it , even without removing the eyepads and opening her eyes . |
22 | She never knew how long she slept , but when she drifted back to consciousness she was aware even before opening her eyes that she was no longer alone in the room , and her body stiffened . |
23 | ‘ They are one thing we all have , ’ she replied , opening her eyes . |
24 | Away from her mother and father and sister and grandmother was bad enough , but the worst thing for Belle was opening her eyes and seeing only the walls around her . |
25 | Yeah , ’ said Clare without opening her eyes . |
26 | ‘ That 's not my leg , ’ she said without opening her eyes . |
27 | Shuddering with fear and anticipation at the prospect of the weekend ahead , she risked opening her eyes again . |
28 | ‘ Please , Luke , ’ she whispered brokenly , opening her eyes to stare at him . |
29 | She turned her head slightly , opening her eyes to gaze at the firm , tanned hands clasping the wheel of the super-charged sports car that Ross had hired earlier that afternoon . |
30 | Opening her eyes , she peered into the gloom . |