Example sentences of "eye the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time he did n't pretend to be other than he was , a writer in exile from his own class , setting out to see with his own eyes the state of emergency among the Northern unemployed . |
| 2 | The creature turned its head to look at her with slit-pupilled eyes the size of saucers . |
| 3 | As the tiny head , covered in silky black hair , nestled warmly in the palm of her hand , she had looked up and met eyes full of tenderness and love , eyes the colour of slate . |
| 4 | Andrew and Virginia watched numbly as Horatia went to the door , returning a moment or two later with a small boy with silver-gold hair and eyes the colour of aquamarines . |
| 5 | Numerous collisions result , yet — such is the nature of class conflict in Britain — no damage is done , and the respective crews pass on their way as though oblivious of each other , hiding in silence and averted eyes the embarrassment of foreigners with no common language . |
| 6 | With an impish glint of mischief in her eye the Muse of History looked down and watched the American Marines assault Grenada . |