Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think my eyes are sinking ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I 'm afraid it will hurt my eyes too much . ’ |
| 3 | Prime Minister is normally here a couple of times a week to answer questions maybe the honourable gentleman will catch my eye one time very soon , he can put that to the Prime Minister himself . |
| 4 | She looked at Mairi , who happened to glance over and catch her eye ; and the woman howled and started to moan at the very sight of the wee lass . |
| 5 | Bob would catch her eye in his turn as he telephoned . |
| 6 | She waited for a second , hoping Marek would turn and catch her eye . |
| 7 | She will not let her pet dog catch her eye |
| 8 | They did not look up or catch his eye , but there was a perceptible tremor along the work benches , a subtle increase in the carefulness and precision of their movements as the boss passed . |
| 9 | He 's looking away so that you ca n't catch his eye ; he 's also looking away because what he can see over your shoulder is more interesting than your shoulder . |
| 10 | Gabriel turned so that Izzie could not catch his eye . |
| 11 | But we 'll free your eyes . |
| 12 | Not any more , there aren't. — You must need your eyes testing ! — Anyway , that Lock sounds like a right dump to me . |
| 13 | Are you going to just have them in front of you so you can flick your eyes up and down to remind yourself what you 're next going to say ? |
| 14 | But then use some method of highlighting key words or underlining or sub- heading that pe you can just flick your eyes to and remind you very quickly of what you 're going to say . |
| 15 | I hope that I will catch your eye , Madam Deputy Speaker , on Second Reading of at least one of those Bills . |
| 16 | Looking around the sparsely attended Chamber , I had a feeling that I might catch your eye sooner or later . |
| 17 | There is a great deal that is important , but the hon. Gentleman may catch your eye later , Mr. Deputy Speaker . |
| 18 | It indicates that you are unlikely to be a person who thinks she knows all the answers and would tend to overwhelm her with advice and urge her to ‘ dry your eyes and try not to think about it too much ’ ; and best of all , you care . |
| 19 | ABOVE Ventilation is vital for dogs travelling in cars , but do make sure that they are not exposed to a powerful draught which could affect their eyes . |
| 20 | Perhaps that was what she wanted : a holiday abroad might make her eyes look at him and not beyond him . |
| 21 | He accepted , as he watched the anger rekindle her eyes , that she felt he was blackmailing her . |
| 22 | If I can lift my eyes from pots and pans |
| 23 | But not far away stand other hills to which I do not lift my eyes . |
| 24 | My eye fell on a page she had left on the kitchen table the other day and I had noted , before I could avert my eyes , a pretty scholarly history of my conversion to double-knotting , after an incident when I was unable to get out of the train at Greenwich one evening and found myself being carried on to Maze Hill , because someone was standing on the trailing lace of my shoe . |
| 25 | Furthermore , if speakers did not avert their eyes during the planning ( hesitant ) phases in their speech , there was a marked increase in speech disturbances . |
| 26 | None of them spoke , but Riven could feel their eyes taking in the strength of the group — Ratagan 's size , Bicker 's wiry frame , Corrary 's longsword and Isay 's staff . |
| 27 | They stopped talking when Groa entered , and she could feel their eyes on her back as she stood at the window , watching . |
| 28 | Dignity right now seemed a bit optimistic , when she could feel her eyes blurring over with tears , but anything was better than standing here at the foot of the stairs , rooted to the spot and subjected mercilessly to his naked inspection of her . |
| 29 | She told herself that if she did not look up she would not need to see it and after a while this not-looking would become habitual , but in the event she could not prevent her eyes from turning up to the campanile . |
| 30 | McAllister could not prevent her eyes from straying to his newspaper . |