Example sentences of "eyes [to-vb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The board that held the keys in the porter 's charge hung just within the doorway , and she had sharp enough eyes to pick out the nail that was empty , and the fellow to the absent key close beside it . |
| 2 | Eachuinn Odhar closed his watery eyes to shut out the din , smiling dimly . |
| 3 | He pressed his hands to his eyes to shut out the dreadful picture . |
| 4 | It was established that individual pathetic character once and forever by tying one end of his pocket handkerchief to a hook on , in the wall and attaching himself to the other to the performance , to , to the performance of this feat however the pocket handkerchief inside had been all he , he only cried bitterly all day and when the longest nights came on he spread his little hand before his eyes to shut out the darkness and crouching in the corner tried to sleep , everyone drawing himself closer and closer to the wall |
| 5 | He cried bitterly all day , and when the long night came , he spread his little hands over his eyes to shut out the darkness , and tried to sleep . |
| 6 | I closed my eyes to shut out the glow from the cloverleaf window and tried for sleep . |
| 7 | Lorton closed his eyes to shut out the sight of Dougal . |
| 8 | She pushed him away , closing her eyes to shut out the present image of his face . |
| 9 | ‘ Anything might have happened , ’ she said , putting her hands over her eyes to shut out the horrors of the market , remembering with longing the cellophane-wrapped , refrigerated coolness of the shops at home . |