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‘Eyes may have corners.’

[⟨det (plur eye.n)⟩ have.v ⟨det (plur corner.n)⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

His shoulders shook as he snickered, near – silently and so hard tears squeezed out of the corners of his eyes and his stomach hurt.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

People do not like the way their nose is shaped, or the strawberry birthmark behind their ears, or they see too many crow’s feet at the corners of their eyes.
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In the British National Corpus:

Carson was surprised to see tears of anger and frustration glistening in the corners of Reynolds’s eyes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Really, I could tell, because I’ve seen it from the corners of my eyes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There’s amusement lingering in the corners of his eyes when he asks,?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There is weariness in its wake, turning the few small lines at the corners of her eyes into something deeper.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

From this distance, Dirk could now see that this man was quite a few years older than most of the pirates, small wrinkles around the corners of his eyes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The corners of his eyes were very red.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

To me, it was more than what I could see from the corners of my eyes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Viggo’s tears spilled from the corners of his eyes as he gathered Orlando’s trembling body into his embrace, cradling him on his chest as they both wept with the intensity of their emotions.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He hated the way Lupin’s lips tugged up, dimpling his cheeks and crinkling the corners of his eyes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Jensen shakes his head, tears leaking from the corners of his eyes.
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In the British National Corpus:

Luke grinned, throwing into contrast the tiny creases round his mouth, and at the corners of his eyes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Dave left after twenty minutes of forced conversation, telling John to call when he wasn’t still drunk; John couldn’t stop remembering the way the corners of Cam’s eyes crinkled when he grinned.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It mostly happens when she tries to look out of the corners of her eyes or is looking off into the distance.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There are lines at the corners of her eyes and mouth, but the mouth itself is still rich.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The older woman caught mid – turn, a bemused expression on her face as she gazed at the brunette out of the corners of her eyes, eyes that held a hint of gentle adoration.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Jon pulls at the corners of her own eyes so the pink, wet skin of her lids gape back at him, horrible and obscene like a reminder.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There are fatigue lines at the corners of his eyes, and a ruddy cast to his skin that’s not quite a sunburn, but shows signs of heat exposure.
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Queried on 2013-05-18.