couldn't believe (one's) eyes

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couldn't believe (one's) eyes

Was totally shocked or surprised. I couldn't believe my eyes when I came home and found the kids playing catch with my vase. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that my parents had bought me a new car!
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Nobody -- not even Captain MacWhirr, who alone on deck had caught sight of a white line of foam coming on at such a height that he couldn't believe his eyes -nobody was to know the steepness of that sea and the awful depth of the hollow the hurricane had scooped out behind the running wall of water.
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So Will Vaulks couldn't believe his eyes when old pal David Raven's name appeared on his phone, putting them on a Hampden collision course in the Scottish Cup Final.
Raven mad
A CYCLIST couldn't believe his eyes when he spotted a motorist eating a bowl of cereal and milk in Edinburgh.
CAR-AZY DRIVERS
The keen fisherman couldn't believe his eyes when he discovered he'd won a quarter of a million pounds.
My PS250,000 Lotto catch; FISHERMAN NETS HUGE WIN AFTER POPPING INTO SHOP TO BUY A BOTTLE OF WINE
He couldn't believe his eyes when he picked it up and looked inside.
Driver's special delivery from Pakistan to India
ROY MARSH couldn't believe his eyes when workmen tarmacked the road outside his home.
WALES: Workers Tarmac AROUND parked vehicles; Residents stunned by road repair job
A LITTLE Geordie kid couldn't believe his eyes when he met sporting legend Muhammad Ali right here in Newcastle.
Football: Ali was a knockout
LAND Rover worker Michael Martin couldn't believe his eyes as he headed home from a late shift on one of the hottest nights of the year.
Surprise at gritter on hot night
The inspector couldn't believe his eyes," Mr Firth added.
Spot the mistake
OMAGH boss Roy McCreadie couldn't believe his eyes when hot-shot Andy Crawford failed to snatch a late winner at Coleraine.
Football: Omagh word, McCreadie; COLERAINE.......................1 Armstrong 55 OMAGH.............................1 Wilson 67
Reginald Bibby read the results of his most-recent survey of religious trends in Canada, he couldn't believe his eyes.
Demise of religion premature: book by (Reginald) Bibby does about-face on church health
Police Inspector Paul Cannon said he couldn't believe his eyes when firefighters handed over the find.
Cannabis stash goes up in smoke
Roger Bache, head of security at the City Centre Company, couldn't believe his eyes when tall tales reached him of the little people who had taken up residence on the newly planted island close to Holyhead Road.
Island home from gnome
Michael Wybrew couldn't believe his eyes when Cher dropped by his Calgary, Alberta, store before her concert.
NEWS LITE : NEW HOME IN LONDON: CASTRO CUTS FINE FIGURE AT TUSSAUD'S
Young Cahal Guerin, six-year-old son of murdered reporter Veronica Guerin, couldn't believe his eyes when a letter addressed to him arrived at his Co Dublin home.
UNITED BOSS REACHES OUT TO LITTLE CAHAL
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