Example sentences of "catch [pron] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just my knickers , ’ she murmured , catching my eye . |
| 2 | Catching my eye the young medic grinned and gave a thumbs-up sign . |
| 3 | What caught my eyes were its maps . |
| 4 | Though many pieces caught my eye at Harrow , space limits my personal choice . |
| 5 | The reason the Labradoodle caught my eye is that Bubbles is the result of a liaison between a Miniature Poodle and — wait for it — a Labrador/Boxer cross . |
| 6 | The name that caught my eye was the Probables ' outside-half , Stephen Bachop . |
| 7 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 8 | But a large plate of bread slices , nearly invisible beneath a glossy coating of dark red jam , caught my eye as I walked past their stall . |
| 9 | The little brown bottle caught my eye again , and putting my cup and saucer down I uncapped and re-examined it . |
| 10 | Ellen caught my eye , looked down at the ridiculous leaflet , and suddenly we both began to laugh helplessly . |
| 11 | Ellen caught my eye , and we stared at each other for a sympathetic fraction of a second , then I looked away to see that the sticky liquid had sprayed across the teak planks . |
| 12 | However , what caught my eye most was a highly polished harmonium . |
| 13 | Your book caught my eye . |
| 14 | The Sheikha caught my eye and shook her head as if to say , ‘ This is all very old and not for today . ’ |
| 15 | But really it was the buzzards and the kestrels circling overhead that caught my eye as we made our way down the coastal path . |
| 16 | We had gone about a hundred yards when one particular house caught my eye . |
| 17 | Tom caught my eye behind her back and winked to acknowledge my presence on alien territory . |
| 18 | She caught my eye expressively as Dr Curtis voiced our thoughts . |
| 19 | As I picked it up to throw it aside a line of small print caught my eye : ‘ Ivory tower for long or short let . |
| 20 | That 's what caught my eye . |
| 21 | I got up to look , and something else caught my eye . |
| 22 | This contained miscellaneous correspondence , but near the bottom of the tray the letter heading of my favourite Sunday newspaper caught my eye . |
| 23 | Other stands that caught my eye on my tour were Johnny van Haeften 's very fine paintings , Wartski 's exquisite objets d'arts , David Messum 's fine painting , Bernheimer Fine Arts , and Garrard the Crown Jewellers ' silver . |
| 24 | As I started to make my way up through some bushes on the left of the kirk , something caught my eye and I stopped . |
| 25 | The barmaid caught my eye in the mirror . |
| 26 | I was wandering between the stalls , searching , though with little hope to be honest , when a bright object caught my eye : hanging from a music stand , beside the piano , was a three-inch knitted choirboy in pink and purple with white knitted ruff . |
| 27 | A movement outside caught my eye and I peered through the window ; looked like I 'd put on an outside light , too . |
| 28 | One mark in particular caught my eye . |
| 29 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 30 | The book also contained writings on topographical and biblical matters of a general nature ; one entry caught my eye . |