The life that he will never have, and its desires, start to pass before his eyes.

Now here was the first sign that wonders would indeed pass before their eyes this day.

"The end of an era passed right before my eyes," she recalled.

The photograph began to pass before his eyes again.

"Anything that's gone in or out of the embassy since then may have passed before their eyes."

All he could hope for was that his whole life wasn't going to pass before his eyes.

He stopped abruptly and passed a hand before his eyes.

All these events passed before my eyes like scenes in a drama.

These things passed before his eyes, but he did not let himself see them.

"Indeed, his face never again passed before my eyes, Lieutenant."