Example sentences of "eye a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any interruption might stop the flow , and if it gave the Colonel pause for thought , and the brain behind the little piggy eyes a chance to work , it might result in an enraged charge . |
| 2 | Dalgliesh saw in his eyes a mixture of entreaty , resolution , and pain . |
| 3 | Mother Francis would have loved that old cottage to be Eve 's home ; she could see in her mind 's eye a kind of life where Eve would bring her student friends home from university to stay there for weekends , and they would call at the convent and have tea in the parlour . |
| 4 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 5 | An inner excitement gripped me as I saw in my mind 's eye an image of Clare trying to hobble round her bedroom . |