Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either that , or my eyes had adjusted to the gloom . |
| 2 | Or my eyes — sees love , and sees love . |
| 3 | Or my eyes wo n't catch him . |
| 4 | Her ruined face where her eyes now stared from a distance , like a reflection of a look in a pond , not the look itself , would wrinkle up even more tightly . |
| 5 | Rohan had noticed where her eyes were fixed . |
| 6 | If they look too much like actual print , a reporter may have the feeling that the story has already been printed , and it will be less likely to catch his or her eye . |
| 7 | Although tension may be built up , fictitious treatment usually involves the releasing of that tension ( by the ‘ happy ending ’ , for example ) or the reader can terminate the situation by lifting his or her eyes from the page . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know if she was upset or her eyes were watering because of the smoke . |
| 9 | As well as being something of a sales ploy the synthesiser does provide warnings that the driver can hear and act on without having to take his or her eyes off the road . |
| 10 | This ingenious super-wide , 180° angle rearview mirror eliminates blind spots on both sides of the car to make overtaking and reversing easier and safer , and enables the driver to keep watch on any rear-seat occupants without taking his or her eyes off the road . |
| 11 | Yeah , and shut your eyes or we eyes . |
| 12 | Blind Io had got his name because , where his eye sockets should have been , there were nothing but two areas of blank skin . |
| 13 | ‘ So I see , ’ I said nervously , watching as he smacked his lips for fire to stream from his mouth , the top of his head to fly upwards on a jet of steam or his eyes to turn into Catherine wheels . |
| 14 | Naturally , d'Arquebus Senior never sullied his own hands — or his eyes — by descending with bodyguards from the Spinoza estate to inspect the actual processes of manufacture by tech clans . |
| 15 | But no boy could fail to notice the hollows of his cheeks , which seemed to have been scooped out in deep , dark channels , or his eyes , which were ringed round with black , and bleary , and haunted . |
| 16 | After a while you can no longer be revolted every time you hear the slogans or your eyes glaze over while skimming through Scînteia . |
| 17 | The advantage of not having a light on all the time to illuminate the indicators is that my eyes adjust to the darkness and when it comes to casting or playing fish I am not completely blind . |
| 18 | No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened . |
| 19 | I could see her now that my eyes were in the shadow of a branch . |
| 20 | I 'm neither a salivating cheque-signer ( how could I be ? ) , nor an orchidectomised walker ; I just happen to know that my eye , my sense of colour , my nous about fabric are all superior to those of both Stuart and Gillian combined . |
| 21 | I found what I took to be high water mark with my feet rather than my eyes . |
| 22 | Without saying anything further , Millie turned and went back into the house ; and Ben followed her , there to see Aggie shambling into the room , and although her eyes looked full of sleep , their powers of discernment were indeed wide awake . |
| 23 | Perhaps it was this easy smile that drew Alice , although her eyes , never off guard , were like hard little brown buttons . |
| 24 | She was smiling at him , although her eyes were bright with unshed tears . |
| 25 | Her face was no longer white , but pink , although her eyes were sunk deep still , deep and dark . |
| 26 | It had seemed to him that her eyes looked right into his as he stood in the darkened hall , staring into the room . |
| 27 | Not in shame , but in confusion and surprise she realised that her eyes were opaque with tears , and that the voices had swayed into the foreground and taken on a meaning . |
| 28 | A woman , a fair lady , who would listen to him and be moved by him , moved so much that her eyes glittered before she turned her head away in gentle acknowledgement of his sincerity and his dignity . |
| 29 | Queen Victoria had the curtains of her train window drawn when she passed through the region so that her eyes should not be offended by its ugliness and squalor . |
| 30 | Christine was a little dubious about Judith using brown eyeshadow , worrying that her eyes might end up looking bloodshot , but she was delighted by the result . |