Example sentences of "eye [verb] over the [noun sg] " 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 moved over the room too . |
| 3 | She paused to give her words maximum effect and let her eyes flit over the assembly . |
| 4 | Malc struck his usual pose : hands in pockets , shoulders hunched , eyes peering over the top of his specs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Like death he looked , with a handkerchief held up against his face all bloodied , and his black eyes glaring over the top of it . |
| 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 | Her eyes swept over the audience as far as she could see beyond the footlights . |
| 9 | His eyes drifted over the side . |
| 10 | Now she reached the main doors and walked in , eyes flicking over the sea of faces in search of Mahoney . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | That day ’ wherever he went , decision and order followed him ’ As his eyes roved over the terrain , speedily the agile mind made its appreciation . |
| 13 | Nervously his eyes flicked over the screen . |
| 14 | Bicker shrugged , but his eyes flicked over the fire for a second to Riven . |
| 15 | Her eyes ran over the company for a moment , and then she turned away to go inside again . |
| 16 | ‘ From the windows ’ wrote Johnson , ‘ the eye wanders over the sea that separates Scotland from Norway , and when the winds beat with violence must enjoy all the terrifick grandeur of the tempestuous ocean . |
| 17 | If you let your eye rove over the map , it is pretty obvious that one of the new towns should be near the Channel Tunnel and another near the new Stansted Airport . |
| 18 | D'Arcy sensed Chantal 's critical eye roving over the décor . |
| 19 | His eye roved over the diagram of streets and parks . |
| 20 | The disorientating effect of the upward-tilted deck encourages the eye to rove over the scene . |