Example sentences of "[pos pn] eye [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my eyes pause |
| 2 | my eyes nuisance . |
| 3 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 4 | And I 've got no make-up remover — my make-up 's inches thick — it 'll go streaky in the night — if my eyes water , the mascara 'll run down my cheeks — and I 'll have no mirror to check my face before anyone sees me in the morning . |
| 5 | As the knife-like blast hit me , whistling up my nose and making my eyes water , I cowered in the lee of the stable . |
| 6 | It 's a take it away it 's making my eyes water . |
| 7 | At my eye level , street-lamps . |
| 8 | She was standing directly before me , and her bosom jutted not too far below my eye level . |
| 9 | Certainly er by then perhaps I forgot to mention as we went through the front door my weapon was already out of the holster and by the time we 'd got the bedroom door my weapon would already have been under er my eye level , hence literally aiming the weapon and from there the gun was out , my arm was out , whether I still had hold of P C I I ca n't recall . |
| 10 | If I pressed my eye flat to the ground and looked into the next garden , the big bushes there with thick tall stems and flat leaves seemed part of a mysterious tropical forest . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's the way things are lying , too , ’ conceded Orrie , ‘ but that was what took my eye right off . ’ |
| 12 | SINGER Sam Sorono , who appeared on the last series of Granada TV 's Stars in their Eyes competition impersonating Tom Jones and again last Saturday has been voted Vocalist of the Year by readers of the national club magazine Club Mirror . |
| 13 | They simply stayed where they where , circled about their prisoner , their faces implacable , their eyes cold . |
| 14 | Route 66 in Darlington is arranging a Stars in Their Eyes Talent Night . |
| 15 | Chameleons have been known to death-feign , lying inert on their sides , with their feet held out stiffly and their eyes half-closed . |
| 16 | He checked the horses , but they were quiet , standing resting one leg with their eyes half-closed . |
| 17 | It just stood there , or sometimes lay down , in one particular spot at the far end of the stable , with its eyes half-closed . |
| 18 | Lilith spoke gently , her eyes kind . |
| 19 | There was a pathetic dignity about the old animal as she stood there against the mouldering timber of the partition , her eyes patient and undemanding . |
| 20 | Was the wind making her eyes water or were they tears ? |
| 21 | Naturally she did , and it almost made her eyes water . |
| 22 | Cold night air rushed in , ruffling her hair and making her eyes water . |
| 23 | It made her eyes water but she stayed where she was until the saucepan was full , then tried to douse the flames . |
| 24 | ‘ We were disappointed that you decided not to join us , ’ she said , keeping her eyes intent on the table . |
| 25 | Rachel moved slowly towards him , her eyes intent on his dark , handsome profile . |
| 26 | Her cheeks were tear-stained , her eyes dark-shadowed and sad , whilst her steel-grey hair hung in untidy tresses beneath a white veil . |
| 27 | Mrs Maylie came back with her eyes red from crying . |
| 28 | ‘ You know Doyle and his holiday snaps , ’ said the Woman , her eyes grave . |
| 29 | Her heart was still thumping after that disturbing scene with Julius , her skin was hot and clammy , and her eyes overbright . |
| 30 | She paused again , her eyes faraway now . |