Example sentences of "[noun] to shut out " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And a better son he is to me than you 've ever been a daughter ! ’ raged Lucier , whereupon Gabriel sat down in the mud and wept silently , his head clamped between his knees to shut out all sights and sounds . |
| 2 | ‘ Jeez , I could do with that cup of tea , ’ Mrs Bennet said , putting her hands over her ears to shut out the tumult above , and Anne decided to go upstairs to see if the gas was still on . |
| 3 | She put her hands over her ears to shut out a repetition of all those humiliating accusations , her training flying straight out of the window . |
| 4 | People close their windows at night in a vain attempt to shut out the sound of sirens and gunfire . |
| 5 | Eachuinn Odhar closed his watery eyes to shut out the din , smiling dimly . |
| 6 | He pressed his hands to his eyes to shut out the dreadful picture . |
| 7 | I put my hands over my eyes to shut out my fears : I 'd never seen a dead person before . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I closed my eyes to shut out the glow from the cloverleaf window and tried for sleep . |
| 11 | Lorton closed his eyes to shut out the sight of Dougal . |
| 12 | She pushed him away , closing her eyes to shut out the present image of his face . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | the pretty girl victim … four months after The Fox subjected her to a three-hour sex ordeal — and forced her brother and her boyfriend at gunpoint to perform degrading acts with her — the girl crawled into an airing cupboard in a bid to shut out the memories . |
| 15 | Rarely can a goalkeeper have had such an incentive to shut out a former club than Rovers ' Bobby Mimms has at Ewood Park this afternoon . |
| 16 | Walker did an outstanding job to shut out German dangerman Karl Heinz Reidle . |
| 17 | There was a coal fire in the sitting room and when Ianthe had drawn the curtains to shut out the November evening everybody agreed with John when he exclaimed how ‘ cosy ’ it was . |
| 18 | Short , neat cafe curtains that cover half the window can sometimes be the answer to shut out an ugly view . |
| 19 | MacMillan created a strange gesture for Rudolf in Mayerling ; he frequently clasps his hand against the side of his head and ear as if to ease the pain of his deteriorating brain in order to shut out the rumours surrounding his every activity . |
| 20 | There are some boys and girls going away to school , their fathers and mothers filling up the moments of waiting with many injunctions in order to shut out their anxieties which their children must not see . |