Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wear contact lenses and find that eye make-up , particularly mascara , irritates my eyes . |
| 2 | And while I can understand certain people saying that yes , smoking irritates my eyes , my nose , and yes , they 're quite right they are entitled to breathe erm u u unsolid air , if yo if you want to put it that |
| 3 | I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right . |
| 4 | I shook my head and lowered my eyes . |
| 5 | He got my eyes , not my colouring but he 's fairly blinky is n't he , watching the telly , well I am anyway and |
| 6 | ‘ Do you think my eyes are sinking ? ’ |
| 7 | Naturally , once the first paragraph of his letter met my eyes , I sat down with reassurance to say how sorry I was not to have written earlier and to have delayed giving him an account of the Italian visit . |
| 8 | An even more welcome sight met my eyes . |
| 9 | She never met my eye . |
| 10 | " Just resting my eyes . |
| 11 | Just resting my eyes … |
| 12 | And resting my eyes does n't have much to do with it , I 'm sure , but I 'm darn well going to rest them anyway . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I was just resting my eyes . ’ |
| 14 | And my , my granddad was telling me to see my eyes . |
| 15 | I raise my eyes to heaven and scream for mercy . |
| 16 | The scaffold there was the first thing I clapped my eyes on when we entered the stinking streets of Paris . |
| 17 | However , as one speechreader said to me , ‘ By using my eyes , I often find my way around large terminals and airports much more easily than my friends who can hear and who are automatically inclined to rely on announcements . ’ |
| 18 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 19 | It made my eyes close , every time I thought about it . |
| 20 | No they make my eyes go funny . |
| 21 | I wiped my eyes and felt a bit better , knowing that Granny was taking my message with her to heaven . |
| 22 | ‘ Just my knickers , ’ she murmured , catching my eye . |
| 23 | Catching my eye the young medic grinned and gave a thumbs-up sign . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , I 'm afraid it will hurt my eyes too much . ’ |
| 25 | He blew cigarette smoke to sting my eyes . |
| 26 | He avoided my eyes . |
| 27 | Flt Lt Marshall was extremely embarrassed and always avoided my eye whenever he came into the Met Office after that . |
| 28 | She avoided my eye . |
| 29 | ‘ I near blinded my eye as it was . |
| 30 | The dump was n't that crowded : the girl behind the bar just kept disappearing and failing to meet my eye . |