“It seems so long since we were last here,” she exclaimed suddenly, casting her eyes around the well-lit restaurant.
— from The Bond of Black by William Le Queux

But, when a goddess would bestow Her love on some bright youth below, Round all the earth she casts her eyes; And then, descending from the skies, Makes choice of him she fancies best, And bids the ravish'd youth be bless'd.
— from The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Jonathan Swift

Excellent!" said Connel, his eyes appraising the fuse.
— from Danger in Deep Space by Carey Rockwell

Being finally equipped, she casts her eye at the clock, hopes to be in tolerable good season, (notwithstanding that the hour for opening the school has already arrived,) and sets out, in the most violent hurry.
— from The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott

Being finally equipped, she casts her eye at the clock, hopes to be in tolerable good season (notwithstanding that the hour for opening the school has already arrived), and sets out in the most violent hurry.
— from The Teacher Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott