Example sentences of "close [pron] eye " in BNC.
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1 | I have closed my eyes far too long , in hope … ’ |
2 | I 'd closed my eyes while she was cutting so I could n't see myself in the mirror . |
3 | I 've closed my eyes to your activities long enough . |
4 | She closes her eyes and tilts her face towards him . |
5 | As soon as she closes her eyes , the kaleidoscope takes over again . |
6 | She pauses and closes her eyes as if in deep concentration . |
7 | She closes her eyes squeezing back the tears . |
8 | She closes her eyes . |
9 | ’ But Aunt Louise had closed her eyes and was pretending to be asleep . |
10 | Her tears had halt closed her eyes . |
11 | Evelyn had closed her eyes . |
12 | Even my mother had closed her eyes and ceased to speak of bridal nerves , and my groom , who meant as little to me as his mother 's dog , was just as he had always been . |
13 | Oliver looked hard at her to see whether she could possibly be serious , but she had closed her eyes . |
14 | Someone had closed her eyes , placing white stones on the lids to keep them down . |
15 | Rather than face up to the horrendous alienation implied by such strong electoral support for Sinn Fein , the Government has closed its eyes and now compels the population to do the same . |
16 | Tony closes his eyes and gives the appearance of nonchalance . |
17 | Sergeant Nafi looks at me , sighs and closes his eyes . |
18 | ‘ He closes his eyes when he speaks and I do n't trust anyone who does that , ’ said Miss Jayne Pooles , 34 , who works for the London ITV channel , Thames Television , in nearby Teddington . |
19 | For suppose that he , tired as he must be , closes his eyes for a few moments . |
20 | ‘ Howard love , all I get the tiniest bit cynical about is the way everyone closes his eyes to the truth . |
21 | Henry sits back and closes his eyes . |
22 | He closes his eyes . |
23 | He closes his eyes and opens them . |
24 | But he had closed his eyes , breathing fast and shallow under the fever . |
25 | Paul had closed his eyes . |
26 | He must have closed his eyes because the priest was suddenly in front of him . |
27 | He had closed his eyes again and was once more listening to his voices . |
28 | He 'd closed his eyes once in the last forty hours , and that had only been a restless doze in the back of the car on the way to the border . |
29 | The irony was that , by dismissing as irrelevant all talk of the Tyrrell Society , he had closed his eyes to the vital clue Rex Cunningham could have given him : the identity of the man whose photograph Clare Mallender had carried about with her . |
30 | Amanda had started massaging his shoulders ; he 'd closed his eyes and imagined a hot sun and someone rubbing oil on his back , and then she 'd slipped off the bed and had gone to have a bath with the other complimentary packet of foam . |