Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since I laid eyes on Dominic Wetherby I 've been unable to rest . |
| 2 | But I did n't think of anything else since the first moment I laid eyes on you , either . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A rum fellow , ’ the doctor had said , ‘ if ever I clapped eyes on one . ’ |
| 5 | I fell madly in love with this area of Scotland the first time I set eyes on it , and subsequently crawled all over it for years , marvelling at how many caves Bonnie Prince Charlie managed to occupy in his escape from the Redcoats . |
| 6 | ‘ From the moment I set eyes on you I have n't been able to think of anything else . |
| 7 | From the first moment I set eyes on Frankenstein , at the hotel in Sècheron , I had the impression of a man with a burdensome secret . |
| 8 | You were mine — I knew that as soon as I set eyes on you . |
| 9 | But as soon as I set eyes on you all rational thought deserted me . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted her the minute I set eyes on her . ’ |
| 11 | I exchanged eye contact with Werewolf 's shades . |
| 12 | I saw eyes as unkindly as stuffed fox 's . |
| 13 | I had eyes only for my beautiful Flavia . |
| 14 | I had eyes only for her but Benjamin was all agog with interest in the room and kept looking around , murmuring his admiration . |
| 15 | Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him ; Martin Speight is beginning to weld patience and big numbers to his undoubted ability and bottomless well of self-belief ; and if a fractured ankle has set the seal on Adrian Jones 's dispiriting season there has been consolation in the imposing shape of Ed Giddins . |
| 16 | But before I clap eyes on his miserable face , I intend to down as many cups of sack as I can ! |
| 17 | When it was Lord Thurso 's time to speak he was able to joke " Your Territorial Commander and I see eye to eye . |
| 18 | ‘ Ai n't you got eyes ? |
| 19 | Well you got eyes , you got |
| 20 | If you develop eye strain it might be because you are reading too close to the printed page . |
| 21 | ‘ You develop eyes in the back of your head . ’ |
| 22 | She knew me to be a rogue as soon as she clapped eyes on me and , whilst her father ushered me to a seat , she watched girlishly out of the corner of her eye . |
| 23 | She lifted eyes like gem-stones , ruby-bright in the light of the torches , black , surely , in full daylight . |
| 24 | And he had , did did n't you say to him , have n't you got eyes in your head , could n't you see how |
| 25 | She 'd never done anything so violent in her life , and she raised eyes full of compunction to his . |
| 26 | erm , something may flash across the , the face you know eyes or whatever , it 's er an aura that there is particular to them or peculiar to them . |
| 27 | She locked eyes with her daughter in the mirror . |
| 28 | No sooner did she set eyes on the gentleman than she recognised his pecuniary position to be merely temporary . |
| 29 | Yes , but you know for years , when they were growing up in their teens , I was the the tennis net between him and his daughters , where 's she going , who 's she going with , who 's bringing her home , is she wearing eye make up , why 's she wearing nylons and not ankle socks , |
| 30 | At first she thought it was her eyes playing tricks ( did she have eyes ? ) , but then she recognized it : the glow cast by the Women 's spears . |